(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) EVANGELICAL AND OTHER CHURCHES - 275 ously belonged, and Rev. A. Bornheimer assigned to the pastorate. He remained until March, 1877, when Rev. J. D. Seip, the present pastor, was called. The church numbers at present seventy communicants, and has a Sunday school with one hundred and twenty scholars. The present official board consists of G. Bidlingmeier, class-leader; S. Biel, S. Seith, G. Bidlingmeier, stewards; C. Fistler, S. Biel, S. Gruhl, G. Bidlingmeier, trustees. TRINITY CHURCH (EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT) is a flourishing organization, and has a fine house of worship at the corner of Case avenue and Superior street. Rev. August Kimmel is the present pastor. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH (GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN.) The members of the Zion Lutheran church residing in the vicinity of the Newburg district, desiring a place of worship nearer their homes, organized St. John's church in 1878, and directly thereafter built a church edifice on Bessemer avenue. The membership, which was at first seventy, had risen in a twelvemonth to one hundred and twenty. Rev. August Dankworth, who was called to the pastorate at the church organization, still occupies it. The deacons of the church are Oscar Schmidt and Frederick Huppensack; the trustees are H. Bruns, H. Thies and H. Poesa. ANSHE CHESED CONGREGATION (HEBREW). This society was organized in 1840, in Farmer's Block, corner of Ontario and Prospect streets, with about twenty-five members. Mr. Seligman Stern was the first reader and minister, and the late Joseph Englehart was the first president. The congregation, on account of rapid growth, found it necessary to build a house of worship. A lot was selected on Eagle street, between Erie street and Woodland avenue, and a synagogue was completed in 1848. Since then it has twice been rebuilt and enlarged. In 1874 the old prayer-book, used for centuries among the Israelites, was changed for another more in conformity with the spirit of the present age, though the Hebrew language is still, with but few exceptions, retained in the prayers, while the sermons are delivered alternately in German and English. The congregation is at present in a flourishing condition, counting about one hundred and fifty members, with a Sabbath school of one hundred and twenty-five scholars. The following have been the rabbis since Mr. Stern: Rev. A. Lehman, until 1848; Rev. Mr. Fuld, 1848 to 1856; Rev. Dr. Kalisch, 1856 to 1859; Rev. Mr. Bing, 1859 to 1861; Rev. Mr. Liepman, 1861 to 1863; Rev. G. M. Cohn, 1863 to 1875; Rev. Dr. M. Machol, the present rabbi, installed March 1, 1876. The following are the present officials: Rev. Dr. M. Machol, rabbi; S. Newmark, president; I. Reinthal, vice-president; H. Blahd, treasurer; S. M. Goldsmith, secretary; A. Becker, A. Feil, M. Halle, I. Levy, Marx, I. New, S. Skall, F. Strauss, J. Wertheimer and I. Wolf, trustees. TIFERETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION (HEBREW). This congregation was established in Cleveland, on orthodox principles, in 1854, by a learned rabbi, Rev. M. Kalish, the first minister. The early services were held in a hall on Superior street, until the society received a legacy from the late Judah Touro, of New Orleans, amounting to six thousand dollars. With this the society built the synagogue now occupied by them on Huron street. The congregation, organized with a membership of twenty persons, now numbers one hundred members. The successive ministers have been Revs. M. Kalish, Jacob Cohn, Dr. I. Mayer and Dr. A. Hahn, the present incumbent. This congregation has always been an ardent advocate of Judaism, and ranks with the most radical reform congregations in the country. B'NE YESHURUN CONGREGATION (HUNGARIAN HEBREW). This congregation was organized about 1869, and, for a time, met for public worship in Halle's Hall, on Superior street. In 1877a removal was made to No. 71, Michigan street, (the old German theater building), which has since then been used. The congregation numbers abort forty members, but is composed of poor people, and is far from strong. Rev. E. M. Kline, who was chosen pastor in 1875, still serves, and preaches every Saturday. The church trustees are L. Berger and H. Sampliner. BETH 1SRAEL CHEBRA KADISHA CONGREGATION (HEBREW). This Hebrew congregation was organized in 1874 with but a handful of members, who have since increased to thirty-five. The place of worship is on Hill street. The trustees are J. Harris, L. Bialosky and B. Goldman. The pastor is Rev. Elias Rothschild. A division in the ranks of the Beth Israel Chebra Kadisha in 1876 resulted in the creation of a congregation known as ANSHE EMETH. There are but twenty members of this congregation, who worship in a hall on Broadway, under the direction of Rev. Henry Bernstein. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN). The First Reformed Church was organized in 1848 through the efforts of a lay member, Mr. F. G. Kaufholtz, and was served by him until his death in 1860. So great was his zeal for the welfare of the Germans around him that, although only a day laborer, he out of his own savings built a house of worship, the First German Church, on the West Side. The organization remained independent until the year 1860, when a call was extended to Rev. H. J. Ruetenick, who succeeded in uniting the church with the Reformed 276 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND: Synod. Under his pastoral charge a new church was built in 1863. In 1870, Rev. F. Forwick was called to the pastorate, in which he still remains. A. Close is the present secretary; H. Wolfkamm the treasurer. SECOND REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN). This a branch of the First Reformed, and was organized in the year 1863 under the pastoral care of Rev. H. J. Ruetenick, of that church, on account of the rapid growth of his congregation. The present pastor is Rev. J. C. Young. THIRD REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN). This society, an offshoot of the First German Reformed Church; was organized in 1868. The church edifice was built 'at a cost of one thousand and fifty dollars, at 194 Aaron street, and dedicated October 4, 1868; the church having then but ten members. The membership at present numbers one hundred and forty-live; the Sabbath school has an attendance of one hundred and fifty. The pastors have been Revs. Nathaniel Rutenich, 1868-71; Paul Schuelke, 1871-74; Carl Gustav Zipf, present incumbent. FOURTH REFORMED CHURCH (CERMAN). The Fourth Reformed congregation was organized on the 10th day of December, 1872, at the residence of John Jacob Grebel. Rev. H. Trautman was chosen president; Christian Diehm, secretary. John Jacob Grebel and John A. Scherzer were elected elders; Albert Pretzer, Christian Diehm, Chr. Saupe and H. Rehburg, deacons. The same officers constitute the board of trustees. Rev. H. Trautman was chosen minister. On the 1st of February, 1873, two lots on Louis street with a house were purchased, to be used as a parsonage, at a cost of two thousand eight hundred dollars. In the spring of 1873 a framed church edifice, thirty-two by sixty feet in dimensions, was constructed, at an expense of three thousand dollars. The building was dedicated August 17, 1873; the church numbering at that time forty-eight communicants. In 1875 the membership had increased to ninety-six, since which time there have been no material additions. The congregation is composed of Germans, and the service is conducted in their language. FIFTH REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN). The Fifth Reformed Church had its origin in the First Church in the early part of 1873, several families being dismissed from the First Church society for the purpose of organizing the church. The church edifice is situated on Higgins street, near Clark avenue. Rev. J. J. Weiss was chosen as the first pastor, and continued until succeeded recently by the present incumbent, Rev. W. Braun. The church is yet supported by the Board of Home Missions. SIXTH REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN). This church was organized in 1877, by members of the Second Reformed Society. The place of worship is on Henry street. The society was endowed with a neat chapel on Broadway by Mr. B. Sturm, and is under the pastoral charge of Rev. A. E. Schade. EBENEZER BIBLE CHRISTI AN CHURCH. This was organized in 1852, at the residence of Mr. Josiah Yenning, on Orange street. In 1853 a small framed church was built at the corner of Irving and Orange streets, which was replaced by the present brick edifice in 1860. The first trustees were Josiah Yenning, Walter Ayers, James Rabone, G. H. Hill, James Gill and Geo. Newman. The names of the pastors in the order of their service are Revs. John Chapple, Joseph Hoidge, W. R. Roach, William Hooper, M. Pett, G. Haycraft, John Pinch, J. T. Sencabaugh, W. Hodnett, W. C. Beer, R. T. Courtice, S. Jolliffe, H. J. Nott. The present trustees are Josiah Yenning, John Collacott, James Gill, William Morrish, John W. Keetch, Samuel Taylor and James Reece. The present number of communicants is one hundred and four. The number of scholars in the Sunday school is one hundred and forty. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (EIGHTEENTH WARD). This church was organized in 1872 with twenty members, and for a while was obliged to worship in public halls. At length the Methodist Church edifice was purchased, and in that building services have since been held. Rev. Wm. Hodnett organized the church; afterwards the preachers were Revs. John Ball, George Copeland, James Reece, Herman More and H. J. Nott. Mr. Nott is pastor of Ebenezer Church, on Orange street, and supplies the pulpit at Newburg in the absence of a regular pastor. The members now number fifty, the present trustees being John Barrabel, James Chinnock, Stephen Gifford and John Snell. FIRST CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN (GERMAN). This was organized in March, 1854. William Krumweide, John Viets, Jacob Reese, Chr. Gutt and Peter Offermann comprised the original board of trustees. Services were held in the edifice of the English Church of the United Brethren until the year 1861, when a lot was secured, and a building erected on Lorain street. This edifice was dedicated during the same year by Bishop H. Kumber. In 1864 this property was sold, and another lot bought on the corner of Peach and Orchard streets, upon which a larger building of brick was erected at a cost of eight thousand dollars, to accommodate the rapidly increasing society. The following is the succession of ,pastors with their respective terms of service, E. Licht, from 1855 to 1857; B. Frillmann, 1857; E. Licht, 1858; H. C. Crom, 1859; C. F. Eckert, 1860 to 1862; G. Backer, 1862 to 1864; C. Schneider, 1864 to 1866; E. Lorenz, 1866 to 1868; C. Streich, 1868 to 1871; M. Bussdicker, 1871; A. Krause, 1872 to 1876; J. Earnest, 1876 to 1878. EVANGELICAL AND OTHER CHURCHES - 277 The present church officials are Rev. J. Sick, pastor; Rev. J. Welti, local preacher and class leader; John Werth, C. F. Boest, John Lemnurmann, Fred'k. Reindfleisch and Henry Reindfleisch, trustees; Fred'k. Puller, Sunday-school superintendent. SECOND CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN (GERMAN). The Second is an outgrowth of the First Church of the United Brethren, and was organized in 1874. The society soon erected a church edifice of wood at the junction of Elton and Dudley streets, west side, which is so constructed as to contain a pastoral residence in the rear part, and cost two thousand five hundred dollars. This church was mainly supported by the society of the First Church, and was attended by its pastor and local preachers until the conference of 1877, when it was made independent. Rev. Jacob Scholler was assigned to the pastorate by the conference at this time, as a missionary, and still continues as such. Benjamin Seifried, Jacob Welti and Michael Prechter are trustees. The Sabbath school, under charge of Benjamin Seifried, has eighty scholars. CHURCH OF GOD. This congregation (professing the faith that all people should be of one church and that church the Church of God,) was organized about 1860, and from that time to the present has worshiped in public halls—its present place of meeting for devotional purposes being at the corner of Case and Woodland avenues. The membership now Ambers seventy, the elders being L. C. Cattell, John Jones and J. A. Morgan. The church is at present without a pastor. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH (HOILAND). The society just named was organized by the Classis of Geneva June 16, 1864, at which time the church membership was fifty-six--the rules of government being the constitution and general rules of the Dutch Reformed Church in America. The first house of worship was erected on Scovill avenue; 1875 it was succeeded by the present church building on Blair street. The first minister was Rev. A. K. Kasse; the present one is Rev. A. Wormser. The membership numbered about two hundred in August, 1879. THE TRUE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH on Calvert street, east side, was organized in 1872, by seceders from the First (Holland) Reformed Church on Blair street. Its membership is forty, and its preachers. are supplied by the Reformed Church of Michigan. THE FREE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH. This is another congregation of Hollanders, which was organized in 1875, and has now a membership of sixty. It meets on Waverly street on the west side. Pulpit supplies are provided by the church in Michigan. THE FRIENDS' CHURCH. The first members of the Society of Friends, known to have settled in Cleveland, were James Farmer and wife, who came in the year 1856. For several years they observed the usual hour of worship in the parlor of their house. Other families of like belief coming to the city, a chapel was rented, in which temporary services were conducted in accordance with the orthodox principles of the society. In 1874 a house of worship was built on Cedar avenue near Sterling, at a cost of ten thousand dollars. Meetings are held there each Sunday and Wednesday. No regular minister is employed, but the society has four resident preachers, three of whom are women. They are David Tatum, Meribah Farmer, Theodate S. Pope, Hannah B. Tatum. The elders are James Farmer, Albert French and Mary Stackpole. CHURCH OF THE UNITY (UNITARIAN). This, the only Unitarian society in Cuyahoga county, was organized February 1, 1867, after earnest and protracted efforts. At the first meeting thirty-five persons took part, and with such interest that, although its adherents were few in number, the success of the project was assured. The trustees elected at the organization were Rodney Gale, S. A. Jewett, B. F. Robinson, George O. Baslington and John H. Underwood. Rev. T. B. Forbush was secured as the first pastor, and services were held in Case Hall every Sunday. The society prospered fairly until 1875, when it languished, and for three years no public worship was held. In 1878, however, there was a strong revival of interest, and the society set out upon a renewed career which has led thus far to bright and cheering results. Weisgerber's Hall, at the corner of Prospect and Brownell streets, is now used as a place of worship, and near there the society is erecting a commodious stone church edifice which will cost about ten thousand dollars. Rev. F. L. Homer, the second pastor of the church, has been in charge since 1878. The society is now in a condition of health and strength, the church attendants numbering about two hundred. The trustees for 1879 are Thomas Kilpatrick, Thomas H. White, E. Sowers, George R. Gale, Bushnell White and James Storer. SPIRITUALISTS. The First Religious Society of Progressive Spiritualists meets each Sunday at Lyman Hall, on Monumental Square. Connected therewith is a Children's Progressive Lyceum. NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH (SWEDENBORGIAN). This church was organized March 22, 1868, with twelve members, who called Rev. C. D. Noble to be their pastor, and appointed A. 0. Blair, M. Carson and G. W. Barnes members of the church council. A small chapel was at first engaged as a house of worship, and in 1874 the one now in use on Arlington 278 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. street was built. The pastors have been Revs. C. D. Noble, L. P. Mercer, J. S. Saul and G. F. Stearns. There are now about forty members; the present trustees being M. G. Browne, George Judson and A. H. Cline. MISCELLANEOUS. Among the numerous missions, chapels etc., in Cleveland, which are used for occasional services, and which can hardly be assigned to any regular place in church history, may be mentioned St. Joseph's Chapel (Roman Catholic), corner of Chapel and Hazen streets; the Armory at East Cleveland; Cottage (Methodist Episcopal) Chapel, corner of Willson avenue and Prospect street; German Baptist Mission, on Payne avenue; German Methodist Mission, on Purdy street; Lake. Shore Chapel, on Lake street; Pearl Street Friendly Inn; River Street Friendly Inn; Temperance Chapel, on St. Clair street; Central Place Friendly Inn; Union Mission, on Erie street, Olivet Chapel, on Hill street; and the Ontario Street Taber-. nacle, which last structure was built on the occasion of an anticipated Moody and Sankey season. CHAPTER LVI. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. Charity Hospital—Homoeopathic Hospital—City Hospital—Protestant Orphan Asylum—St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum—Jewish Orphan Asylum—Home for the Aged Poor—Bethel Union—Young Men's Christian Association—Women’s Christian Association—Women's Christian Temperance League—Convent of the Good Shepherd—Firemen's Relief Association—St. Mary's Orphan (Girls) Asylum—St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. CHARITY HOSPITAL. IT is to the zeal of Bishop Rappe that Cleveland owes its first public hospital. In the spring of 1852 he had a framed building erected on Monroe street, West Side, on the same lot on which St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum now stands. Owing to his very limited means, the bishop could not fully carry out his long cherished plan of erecting an asylum for the sick and injured of the city, the building being small and the sisters in charge—two Hospitaliers of the order of St. Augustine and two Postulants, who came from France the year previous-few in number. Yet the good sisters kindly received all applicants and cared for them as best they could, though laboring under many and great disadvantages. During the late war, when many of our soldiers returned to Cleveland either sick or wounded, and found no place where they could get the tender care of trained nurses and skillful physicians and surgeons, Cleveland fully realized the necessity of a hospital. Bishop Rappe, ever ready to promote a good work, and seeing a near realization of his plan, offered to build a hospital, and provide nurses, and surgical and medical aid, if the public would cone to his help. His appeal was not in vain. All citizens, without distinction of nationality or creed, came to his aid. He purchased twelve lots on the east side of Perry street, bounded by Garden and Marion streets. In the spring of 1863 Charity Hospital was begun. Aided by the generosity of the citizens of Cleveland—their contributions at a fair and by subscriptions amounting to about twenty thousand dollars, one gentleman alone giving the princely donation of ten thousand dollars—the building was opened to the public in the fall of 1865, and cost, as it then stood, upwards of seventy-five thousand dollars. To the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine was committed the care of patients and the general management of the institution. The medical and surgical work was confided to Charity Hospital College, now the Medical Department of the University of Wooster. Owing to its able surgeons and physicians and faithful nurses, Charity Hospital soon ranked among the first in the country, patients coming for treatment from all parts of the Union. The yearly average number of patients from 1865 to January 1, 1879, was four hundred and forty-one; whole number of patients treated, five thousand seven hundred and thirty-five; whole number of free patients, same period, two thousand two hundred and forty-six. During 1873 and 1874 improvements were made and additions built by Bishop Gilmour at a cost of forty-seven thousand dollars, viz: clinic and lecture rooms, mortuary, steam-heaters and elevators. The wooden staircase at the main entrance was replaced by a fine stairway of stone, of easy ascent, and the interior of the building was refitted; so that now the Charity Hospital ranks second to none in the country in point of modern conveniences, and appliances to lessen the pains of the sick or wounded patient. The medical staff, of which Dr. W. I. Scott is president, is now composed of nine physicians. There are sixteen Sisters of Charity taking care of the sick. Sister Alexis is the local Superior. In this connection might also be mentioned the establishing of the House of Maternity by Bishop Gilmour, in 1874, in the rear of Charity Hospital, and under the care and management of the Sisters of Charity; Sister Martha, local Superior. The building is forty-five feet wide and seventy-five in length, three stories high, with large, well ventilated rooms. To unfortunate women who become victims of sin it affords shelter during the time of their oonfinement; and helpless infants, abandoned by their heartless mothers, find there a home and a mother's care. CLEVELAND HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. This hospital is, as its name indicates, under the control of medical professors of the school of Homoeopathy, and is now, as it always has been, carried on as a private enterprise. The first hospital building was located on Willson avenue about 1860, but, after a few years, the Homoeopathic and regular schools joining in the conduct of a union hospital, the Willson avenue institution was discontinued. The union was, however, short-lived and the Homoeopathic hospi- BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS - 279 tal was revived in the buildings.- of the Humiston Seminary on the lights, where also the Homoeopathic Hospital College was located. When the college was transferred to Prospect street the hospital was located on Huron street, near at hand, and continued its active functions until March, 1879, when the building was removed to make place for a new hospital edifice now in process of erection, and so far advanced toward completion that it will be occupied about the beginning of 1880. The new hospital building is of brick, and a remarkably handsome and striking piece of architecture. It will contain sixty beds, and will be supplied with the most perfect of modern hospital appointments. It is aimed to devote the institution to charity so far as may be found consistent with the design to make it self-supporting. CLEVELAND CITY HOSPITAL. The early history of this institution was somewhat experimental and changeful. Its real work in the care of the sick and destitute poor commenced in 1869, in a small framed building at 83 Willson street. The president from that time has been Mr. H. B. Hurlbut, Whose unfailing interest and generosity have contributed muoh to the life and growth of the work. During the first year one hundred and two patients were treated; the number of days of treatment being five thousand and thirty-eight. During the year 1878 four hundred and forty-six patients were received, and the number of days of treatment was fourteen thousand three hundred and fifty eight. Under the pressing need of larger accommodations, in the autumn of 1875, a lease of the Marine Hospital and grounds was procured from the United States government, and here the Cleveland City Hospital has since had its home. The building is of stone, three stories in hight, one hundred and ten by ninety feet, and stands in the midst of spacious grounds (five acres), handsomely laid out in lawn and terrace. The arrangement of wards and rooms provides separately for each department—the charity and the pay patients. The private rooms for paying patients are in the second and third stories of the east and west wings. They are furnished with taste and elegance, and contain all needful articles and appliances for the comfort of the sick. The institution has no endowment, and is largely dependent upon the generosity of the people for means to carry on its charitable work. On the 10th day of May, 1876, the hospital officers and managers became a body corporate; Joseph Perkins, president; E. C. Rouse, clerk, and seven trustees, M. B. Scott; George B. Stanley, Henry Chisholm, William B. Castle, W. J. Boardman, H. C. Blossom and G. W. Whitney. The expense of maintainance for the year 1876 was eighteen thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars; in 1877, thirteen thousand five hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; in 1878, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-six cents. The officers of the year 1879 are as follows: H. B. Hurlbut, president; Mrs. S. Williamson, vice president; Isaac N. Rimes, secretary; Mrs. Proctor Thayer, assistant secretary; H. C. Studley, treasurer; H. B. Hurlbut, Mrs. S. Williamson, George H. Ely, Mrs. M. II. Severance, H. R. Hatch, G. C. E. Weber, M.D., Proctor Thayer, M.D., trustees; Mrs. L. M. Hubby, Mr. D. P. Eells, Mrs. H. B. Hurlbut, Mr. R. F. Smith, Mrs. T. T. Seelye, Mrs. George H. Ely, Mrs. William Sabin, Mrs. Charles Hickox, Mrs. L. L. Lyon, Mrs. S. T. Hall, Mrs. James Barnett, Mrs. T. Bolton, Mrs. W. S. Streator, Mrs. I. N. Rimes, Mrs. John Poole, Mrs. S. II. Douglass; Mrs. E. C. Pechin, Mrs. G. C. E. Weber, Mrs. W. C. North, Mrs. P. Roeder, Col. and Mrs. W. H. Harris, managers; Proctor Thayer, M.D., G. C. E. Weber, M.D., John Bennitt, M.D., H. K. Cushing, M.D., consulting physicians and surgeons; D. B. Smith, M.D., occulist; J. E. Darby, M.D., I. N. limes, M.D., H. W. Kitchen, M.D., F. J. Weed, M.D., J. II. Lowman, M.D., H. H. Powell, M.D., visiting physicians and surgeons; Miss Eliza Mitchell, matron; J. R. Smith, M.D., house physician; C. L. Taylor, M.D., assistant house physician. THE CLEVELAND PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM. The Cleveland Orphan Asylum was organized January 22, 1852, at a meeting held for the purpose in the Stone Church; John M. Woolsey being chosen chairman. Rev. Dr. Aiken introduced a resolution that, "In view of the wants of this city, it is expedient to organize an orphan asylum in Cleveland," which was unanimously adopted. Messrs. John A. Foot, J. A. Briggs, B. Rouse, J. M. Hoyt, T. P. Handy and others were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organization for such an institution. This committee reported at another meeting held in the same place January 29th, presenting a plan which virtually placed the responsibility of further arrangements in the hands of a board of managers, consisting of the following ladies: Mrs. Elisha Taylor, Mrs. Rouse, Mrs. Philo Scovill, Mrs. S. J. Andrews, Mrs. J. K. Miller, Mrs. Henry W. Clark, Mrs. Stillman Witt, Mrs. M. H. Severance, Mrs. Geo. A. Benedict, Mrs. B. Stedman, Mrs. J. A. Harris and Mrs. A. H. Barney. These ladies went immediately to work to arrange the details of an asylum household, and in April, 1852, a framed house on the corner of Erie and Ohio streets having been leased, the asylum began its work of providing a shelter for orphan and destitute children, eleven of whom, none of them over eight years of age, were at first received into its care. Miss Sophia L. Hewitt was placed at the head of the household as both superintendent and teacher. These offices she continued to fill for two years, making no charge for her services. 280 - THE CITY OP CLEVELAND. After a short time it was thought best to obtain an act of incorporation from the State and reorganize the association. A new constitution was prepared by a committee of gentlemen appointed for the purpose. This constitution was accepted at a meeting of the society, February 22, 1853, and the asylum was regularly chartered as an "association incorporated for benevolent purposes." Under the constitution the following officers were elected: Hon. S. J. Andrews, president; Philo Scovill, B. Rouse and Henry W. Clark, trustees; T. P. Handy, treasurer; Geo. A. Benedict, clerk. The board of managers who had been previously acting were reelected. The constitution provides that the officers of the asylum shall chosen from different denominations of Protestant Christians, so that no one of them in particular shall have a preponderance in its councils. In October, 1875, a new and revised constitution was adopted, by which several important changes was made in the organization, and the word Protestant introduced into the name of the institution. In 1853 an acre of land was donated by Rev. E. N. Sawtelle, on the corner of Kinsman street and Willson avenue, for the purposes of an asylum. A building was soon commenced, and was so far advanced in June, 1855, that the asylum family was removed to it from the dwelling house which it had for three years occupied. The reversionary interest in the land was subsequently released to the institution. An additional acre adjoining was afterwards purchased by the asylum. During the first ten years of its existence the asylum was mainly dependent upon collections in small amounts solicited by the ladies of the board personally, from door to door. A small permanent fund was contributed by benevolent gentlemen of the city. In December, 1863, came the noble bequest of Captain Levi Sartwell, a gentleman who, in the oourse of a long residence in Cleveland, had by frugality and industry amassed a competence, and who bequeathed his whole property to the asylum. In 1877 and '78, Mr. Leonard Case donated valuable tracts of land, together amounting to four and one-fourth acres, on St. Clair street, as a site for a new asylum building, but the officers were, until 1878, in doubt as to the feasibility of incurring the expense of erecting a new building, when Mr. J. H. Wade generously donated to the society the sum of forty thousand dollars for that purpose. Plans were carefully prepared, and on the 30th day of September of that- year the foundation was commenced. The work of building the new asylum is rapidly progressing, and when completed it promises to be one of the most elegant and convenient buildings of its kind in the country. The surprise occasioned by these donations had hardly passed when another gift was announced from Dr. Alleyne Maynard, as a memorial of his wife, for the purpose of fitting up and maintaining the hospital department- of the asylum. The bequest of Captain Sartwell, with the smaller gifts alluded to, constitute a permanent fund which is held by the trustees as a sacred trust, only the income of which is used for the current expenses of the asylum, and which is expended by the managers with watchful economy. The scope of the work at this institution embraces not only the care and maintainance of the orphans, but the provision of homes for them later on, among families into which they are received as adopted children, and in which they are moderately certain to push forward the work, nobly begun by the asylum—the work, namely, of fitting themselves to become useful and valued members of society. The first president of the board of trustees was Hon. S. J. Andrews, who served in that capacity until 1869, when Mr. Philo Seovill was elected to that office. On the death of Mr. Seovill, in 1875, Mr. Joseph Perkins the present president, was elected. The officers of the asylum are as follows: Henry Chisholm, Joseph Perkins, J. H. Wade, board of trustees; officers of the board-Joseph Perkins, president; Dan. P. Eells, treasurer; A. H. Shunk, clerk. Managers—Mrs. S. M. Hanna, Mrs. Harvey Rice, Mrs. Henry Chisholm, Mrs. Moses Hill, Mrs. Jason Canfield, Mrs. William Rattle, Mrs. J. M. Hughes, Mrs. J. A. Harris, Mrs. Lorin Prentiss, Mrs. T. S. Paddock, Mrs. B. Rouse, Mrs. N. W. Taylor, Mrs. G. W. Jones, Mrs. John Pool, Mrs. A. T. Slade. The officers of the managers and asylum are Mrs. B. Rouse, president; Mrs. S. M. Hanna, vice president; Miss Annie Walworth, secretary; Mr. A. H. Shunk, superintendent; Mrs. A. H. Shunk, matron; Miss M. J. Weaver and Mrs. 0. R. Wing, governesses; Dr. E. C. Thomas, physician. The asylum has at present seventy-five inmates. ST. VINCENT'S ORPHAN ASYLUM. St. Vincent's was founded in the fall of 1852 by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, bishop of Cleveland, who, feeling the need of an orphan asylum in his diocese, called on the Sisters of Charity (Mother Ursula being then Superior) to take charge of the orphan boys. Very Rev. L. DeGoesbriant, vicar-general, entering warmly into the views of the bishop, made an appeal to the Catholics of the county in behalf of the orphans. In the city, a fair was held for the same. purpose. The efforts of the worthy bishop and his vicar were blessed with success. A framed house, of two stories, was erected near the dwelling place of the Sisters of Charity, and on the 20th of May, 1853, the first orphan boy was received in the new asylum. He was soon joined by others, but owing to the want of resources only eleven children were received previous to the 1st of January, 1854. During the ensuing year, however, forty-six were admitted. Four years later the number of children had so much increased that more accommodation was required, and in 1858 a large brick building was begun in the same location. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS - 281 The new asylum was occupied in 1859, although not entirely completed; in fact, the right wing was not put up until 1865. In 1867 an addition was made to the main part in the rear of the chapel. The total cost has been a little over twenty-two thousand dollars. A large debt was incurred, but through the generosity of the Catholics of the diocese it has been entirely paid. The orphans received and cared for in this institution, down to January, 1879, numbered one thousand two hundred and seventy-two. At the present time one hundred and eighty boys are sheltered beneath its roof. They are supported chiefly by annual donations from Catholic farmers, increased by the proceeds of fairs held yearly in the city in behalf of the orphans. JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM. This institution was opened for the reception of orphan children September 29, 1868. The buildings and property formerly used as a Water Cure, on Woodland avenue, were purchased, at a cost of near thirty-two thousand dollars. At thc expiration of about six months the building used for worship and school purposes was enlarged, to meet the wants of the rapidly increasing number of children in the asylum. The first officers of the institution were as follows: A. Aub, president; A. Weiner, vice president; J. Rohrheimer, treasurer; William Kriegshaber, secretary; Henry Greenbaum and Isidor Bush, trustees; L. Aufrock, superintendent; Mrs. L. Aufrecht, matron. The number of children received during the first fiscal year was one hundred and thirty-three. The present number of inmates is two hundred and twenty- seven. These children coming from the districts two, six and seven, I.O.O.B., represented, in 1878, the following States, according to the number appended to each: Ohio, fifty-eight; Michigan, fourteen; Wisconsin, eleven; Minnesota, two; Illinois, twenty-nine; Indiana, seventeen; Kentucky, seventeen; Tennessee, twenty-six; Alabama, four; Mississippi, seven; Louisiana, three; Arkansas, three; Kansas, three; Missouri, twenty-six. There is now in course of erection a large and convenient school-building, sufficient to meet the necessities of the institution for many years to come. This building will cost, when completed, about twenty thousand dollars. The financial situation of the asylum is highly complimentary to those having charge of its affairs. The entire funds and investments of the institution amount to ninety-three thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-three cents. The present officers are as follows: A. Aub, president.; A. Weiner, vice president; Jac. Rohrheimer, treasurer; Dr. S. Wolfenstein, secretary; Abram Hart, Gustavus Levi, David Adler, H. S. Ottenheimer, Lazard Kahn, M. Seelig, M. Ullman and L. A. Moss, trustees. The superintendent is L. Aufrecht; the matron is Mrs. L. Aufrecht; the physicians are Dr. M. Rosenwasser and Dr. Th. Parker. HOME FOR THE AGED POOR. This institution, the ninth of its kind in this country, was founded by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, first bishop of Cleveland, in the year 1870. The Home is oonducted by the members of the society of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The work of the "Little Sisters" began at St. Serval), a small town of Brittany, on the western coast of France. Their labors are carried on in this country precisely as they are in Europe. Every day the sisters call at the various hotels, restaurants and private houses, soliciting alms and collecting cold victuals, coffee-grounds, tea, old clothing, etc., all of which are turned to good use for the benefit of their aged inmates. There are at present one hundred inmates in the Home on Perry street, in this city, under charge of Mother St. Joseph, superior. THE HOUSE OF MATERNITY. This is located on Marion street, and is conducted by the Sisters of Charity, of the Order of St. Augustine. Sister St. Joseph is the superior. CLEVELAND BETHEL UNION. The society of the Cleveland Bethel Union was incorporated January 31, 1867, for the purpose of carrying on benevolent and mission work in the lower part of the city, and of establishing a home for seamen, railroad men and other transient sojourners, where reasonable accommodations could be offered at a very moderate compensation. In 1868 the society purchased the building and premises on the corner of Superior and Union streets. This location is central, and the building and surroundings are admirably adapted to the charitable work of the union. The incorporators were eighteen in number, from whom nine trustees were chosen, viz.: Loren Prentiss', W. B. Guyles, W. B. Castle, Horace Benton, E. C. Pope, G. P. Burwell, G. H. Ely, J. 1). Rockefeller and H. R. Hatch. The various departments or branehes of work under control of the union, and directed by sub-committees .of the general organization, are: First, relief, under the management of the Bethel Relief Association; second, the Sunday- school and mission work; third, the Bethel Home. The department of relief work was at the outset limited to the lower part of the city and to provision for transient cases in the Home, but the public became so accustomed to sending applicants for help to the society that in March, 1873, this work was made to embrace the whole city; aiming to dispense with some of the many relief societies by having one central organization, through which all distributions should be made. This branch was accordingly placed under the charge of a large committee of ladies and gentlemen, with visiting committees for each ward, and a sub-committee having charge of the work in detail. At the Home, rooms have been prepared for dis- 282 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, tribution of clothing and supplies, and for furnishing nourishing refreshments to the destitute poor during the winter months. An employment office has also been opened, and every effort is made to provide situations for all worthy applioants. A temporary home for women and girls, and free bunk lodgings for men of worthy character applying for shelter, have been provided. The relief department is under charge of Samuel Job, superintendent, who has acceptably filled that position since 1873. This work of relief is confined to the worthy poor, not otherwise provided for, who through sickness, accident or other misfortune, require temporary ssistance. The plan and principles acted upon have proved eminently successful, and the results are acknowledged as examples of efficient and well-directed benevolence. The principal mission work of the Union is devoted to a Sabbath school, gathered mainly from among the poor, having an average attendance of about five hundred. A committee o; ladies hold weekly meetings during the spring, fall and winter months, and distribute clothing to the needy children of the school. A girls' sewing school, with an average attendance of about one hundred, meets every Saturday afternoon during the winter. In addition to these, and as a part of the mission work families are visited, devotional exercises are held at the Home at least twice each week, and the subjects of personal religion, temperance and uprightness are earnestly presented. The Home department comprises the general management of the Bethel building, on the corner of Superior and Union streets, under the superintendence of Thomas Braggins. The revenue derived from the rent of the lower portion of the building is used for the purpose of the Union. The dining-room department is more than self-sustaining. A library, with a moderate supply of books, has been provided for the use of the patrons of the home. At the time of the organization of the Union, Loren Prentiss was elected president, and has occupied that position without intermission to the present day. The present officers of the Union are as follows: Loren Prentiss, president; E. C. Pope, secretary; C. W. Lepper, treasurer; L. Prentiss, G. E. Herrick, W. H. Harris, W. B. Guyles, D. P. Eells, executive committee; L. Prentiss, H. R. Hatch, D. P. Eells, Dr. II. Houltz, G. E. Herrick, E. P. Morgan, T. D. Crocker, W. B. Guyles, S. L. Severance, George P. Burwell, Rev. R. Dubbs, William Bowler, W. H. Doan, Samuel Andrews, W. H. Harris, trustees. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. About 1850 a Young Men's Christian Association was organized in Cleveland, and fixed its location on Superior street where commodious reading rooms, a valuable library, etc., offered many advantages to the rising youth, and conferred numerous benefits on the community. The association flourished until the breaking out of the war for the Union, when, as nearly all of the members entered the military service, the society lapsed into inactivity and finally became defunct. Soon after the close of the war, however, in 1866, the present Young Men's Christian Association was organized, and occupies to-day a very prominent place among similar organizations in America, In 1872 the association purchased the building No. 79, north side of Monumental Square, and has occupied it since that time. It is neatly and conveniently furnished, with chapel, reading rooms and music rooms, parlors, committee rooms, etc. There is a free reading room for the public, as well as one for the members. Union prayer meetings are held daily at noon, and young men's prayer meetings every Saturday evening. This association was the first one of its kind to engage in special work on behalf of railway employees; in 1872, it opened in the Union Passenger Depot at Cleveland a railway reading room, which still serves many valuable purposes. Connected also with the association is the Newsboys' and Bootblacks' Home, where these youthful laborers are not only lodged, but taught in Sunday and night schools—a most worthy and commendable work. The officers of the association for 1879 are J. B. Meriam, president; C. J. Dockstader, corresponding secretary; G. W. Crozier, recording secretary; T. M. Irwin, registering secretary; C. H. Fuller, treasurer. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. On the 20th of October, 1868, at the close of the State convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, the president, Mr. H. T. Miller, issued a call requesting the Christian women of Cleveland to meet and form a society "which should do for women as the Young Mcn's Association was doing for men." The response was general and hearty; so large was the meeting that the old hall at the corner of Superior and Seneca streets was crowed to its utmost capacity. Three weeks later an adjourned meeting was held, at which the society was formally organized. The first official directory of the "Women's Christian Association" reads as follows: Miss Sarah E. Fitch president; Mrs. 0. E. Huntington,. Mrs. Geo. W. Whitney, Mrs. Ira Clark, Mrs. S. F. Smith, Mrs. C. W. Lepper, Mrs. Jno. Coon, vice presidents; Mrs. A. W. Fairbanks, corresponding secretary; Mrs. C. E. Bolton, recording secretary; Miss Ann White, treasurer; Mrs. L. Austin, Mrs. Jas. Barnett, Miss May E. Baldwin, Mrs. L. F. Mellen, Mrs. D. P. Eells, Mrs. A. T. Osborn, Mrs. W. H. Keith, Mrs. W. P. Cooke, Mrs. D. Houtz, Mrs. W. Mittleberger, Mrs. 0. B. Skinner, Mrs. Geo. Pusley, Mrs. George L. Chapman, Mrs. S. H. Sheldon, Mrs. P. B. Clapp, Mrs. James W. Clark, directors. In April, 1869, the Association was regularly incorporated under an act passed March 30, 1864, entitled "an net for the relief of benevolent and charitable associations managed by women." In 1878 the BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS - 283 increased work required additional measures of security, and a special act of the legislature was passed for that purpose. The first practical work was the organization of a committee for missionary labor. This committee now numbers twelve ladies, to each of whom special duties are assigned. One cares for the Sabbath visitations at the City Hospital, and another at the Huron street Hospital; two on alternate Saturdays visit the Workhouse, where prayer is offered, hymns sung and Bible lessons explained. Three members make semimonthly visits to the Infirmary, to read the Bible and give religious instructions. Two others conduct weekly prayer-meetings at the Retreat. A mother's meeting was established in February, 1876, and is held each Friday afternoon in the chapel of the Young Men's Christian Association. Here garments are made and sold at a low price. The establishment of a Provident Fund is one of the recent measures adopted by the association. Each poor woman is encouraged to place, each week, in the hands of one of the ladies, such a sum as she may be able to save from her earnings, of which an account is kept, and the amount is held for her benefit in case of need. The Boarding Hone.—Early in the history of the the association, the conviction was forced upon its members of the necessity of establishing a boarding home, where respectable young women, dependent upon their own exertions, could find shelter, protection and the influences of a Christian home. The committee for that purpose, in the winter of 1868-9, made temporary arrangement with a woman on Lake street, to receive such girls into her house at a moderate compensation. In the spring of 1869 Mr. Stillman Witt purchased for the association property on Walnut street, for the purpose of a home. Other citizens contributed liberally, and the building was enlarged, repaired and adapted to the uses intended. Churches and individuals provided for its furnishing, and on the 11th of November following it was ready for occupancy. In the spring of 1872 Mr. Witt purchased the lot adjoining, and by the erection of a new front the capacity of the building was increased from twenty to more than forty. These apartments are conveniently arranged and neatly furnished. The price of board ranges from three to four and one-half dollars per week. The Retreat.-Another institution maintained by the association, is the " Retreat," which was opened in June, 1867, at 267 Perry street, where it continued four years. The rent of the house was paid during these years by Mr. Joseph Perkins. In August, 1872, Mr. Leonard Case presented to the association a large lot of land on St. Clair street, better adapted for the purposes of a Retreat than the Perry street property. For the purpose of constructing a substantial building, Mr. Perkins then contributed ten thousand dollars. By means of this gift, and by the assistance of other generous friends, the present healthful and at- tractive structure was erected, being presented, free of debt, to the association in November, 1873. The Earnest Worker.—In the spring of 1874, the Committee on Ways and Means decided to publish a monthly paper, having in view two objects: To establish a medium of communication, which the growing work of the association demanded, and to secure a source of revenue. The first number of the Earnest Worker accordingly appeared in June following. A brief notice of it will be found in the " Press" chapter of the general history. Home for Aged Women.—Another important work conducted by the association is the management of the Home for Aged Women on Kennard street. In the latter part of 1876 a commodious building was erected by Mr. Amasa Stone, and conveyed to five trustees, to be used as a home for aged Protestant women. The management of this institution and an annual income of one thousand dollars, also provided by Mr. Stone, were offered to the association and accepted. An executive committee of seven ladies, from as many Protestant churches, was appointed to take general charge of the Home. This house like the others has been beautifully furnished by churches and individuals. It was formally opened July 14, 1877. From the organization of the Women's Christian Association to the present time, Miss Sarah Fitch has held the position of president. The present officers of the association are as follows: Miss Sarah E. Fitch, president; Mrs. Lewis Burton, Mrs. R. R. Sloan, Mrs. J. R. Mills, Mrs. S. W. Adams, Mrs. E. Curtis, Mrs. J. R. Twitchell, vice presidents; Mrs. William W. Butler, recording secretary; Mrs. William M. Meriam, corresponding secretary; Miss C. M. Leonard, treasurer; Mrs. L. Austin, Mrs. J. Barnett, Mrs. L. O. Coman, Mrs. D. P. Eells, Mrs. James Galbraith, Mrs. O. E. Huntington, Mrs. H. M. Ingham, Miss R. H. Selden, Mrs. M. P. Adams, Mrs. B. W. Jenness, Mrs. C. W. Lepper, Mrs. B. T. Noakes, Mrs. A. A. Nelson, Mrs. W. S. Porter, Mrs. J, S. Prather, Mrs. A. H. Potter, Mrs. William Sabin, Mrs. E. C. Standart, Mrs. G. B. Senter, Miss A. Walworth, Mrs. A. A. Thorne, Mrs. George Whitney, Mrs. S. Williamson, Mrs. Horace Wilkins, directors; Joseph Perkins, Henry Chisholm, D. P. Eells, John Thomas, Dr. W. S. Streator and Samuel E. Williamson, trustees; Col. II. Harris, auditor. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. This truly benevolent society was organized on the 13th day of March, 1874. The purposes of the League are very appropriately expressed in the pledge adopted by the organization, which reads as follows: "We, the Christian women of Cleveland, feeling that the use of intoxicating liquors has reached a degree no longer to be endured, do promise, by the help of God, to use our utmost endeavors to banish this 284 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. evil from our midst, and, in order that our work may be more thoroughly done, we form the Women's Temperance League of Cleveland. And we hereby pledge ourselves to discourage, in all possible ways, the use of anything which can intoxicate; and, in order to strengthen our influence in this regard, we promise not to use wine, beer, or any distilled liquors, as a beverage, and not to furnish them for social. entertainments." First in order of importance are the three Friendly Inns, under the control of the League, besides which there are three others which are conducted independently. All are located advantageously for the work. Connected with five of the six are restaurant and lodging departments, where needy or intemperate men, desiring to reform their lives, can find good meals and comfortable beds at low prices. The Inns under control of the League are the River Street Friendly Inn, organized April 24, 1874, by the River Street Praying Band; the St. Clair Street Friendly Inn, organized June 15, 1874, by the ladies of the Fifth and Seventh Ward Praying Bands, and the Central Place Frienly Inn, organized September 7, 1874. Auxiliary to the League, and directly and indirectly connected with it as the increase and outgrowth of the League work, are the following organizations: The East Cleveland reading and morning prayer-meeting room, established April, 1874; the Collinwood chapel, organized with a Sabbath school May 5, 1874; the East Madison avenue chapel, built during the summer of 1.875; the Ontario street tabernacle, built for promotion of the temperance work by W. H. Doan; the "Doan Guards," a military temperance body, organized in 1874; the " Eighteenth Ward Friendly Inn, organized in 1875; the South Side Friendly Home, opened January 1, 1875; the Pearl Street Friendly Inn, organized February 17, 1876; the " Society of Yoke Fellows," " rescued," as their constitution says, "from the vice of intemperance, through the mercy of God and the prayers of Christians," which was formed in March, 1877, and now has a membership of one hundred and twenty-five; the "Open Door," an institution founded by several ladies of the Central Inn Committee, July 3, 1877, which grew out of the necessities of temperance work among the wretched women of that neighborhood, and in which, since its establishment, one hundred and seventy-five of the neediest class of women have received temporary help and shelter. The following are the present officers of the League: Mrs. J. S. Prather, president; Mrs. Horatio C. Ford, Mrs. George Worthington, Mrs. E. IL Adams, Miss F. Jennie Duty, vice presidents; Miss M. E. Ingersoll, recording secretary; Miss F. Jennie Duty, corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. II. Potter, treasurer.. CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The monastery of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angus was founded July 31, 1829, and was established as a generalship by Pope Gregory XVI. July 9, 1845. The convent at Cleveland was founded by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, bishop of the diocese, on the 23d of July, 1869. For the first six years its work was conducted in a dwelling house, No. 397 Lake street. In 1875 the large convent building on Sterling avenue was completed and occupied. The institution is intended as a reformatory for women and a protectory for children, under the government of a superior and thirteen cloistered and seven out-door sisters. The inmates at present number ninety-eight, of whom thirty-seven are in the children's department; forty-seven are in the reformatory and fourteen are magdalenes. The convent is maintained by the industry of its inmates. Mother Mary of St. Alphonse is the present superior. FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION. During the month of February, 1868, a meeting of the Cleveland Fire Department was called at the chief engineer's office, having for its object the better protection of its members against accident or sickness, The members had tried for several years the plan of accidental insurance, which only protected them against accident, while the life of a fireman is not only one of constant danger and severe toil, but one which in a few years breaks down the hardiest constitution or produces early death. After several preliminary meetings a plan of organization was arranged, and a constitution adopted for the government of the society, which was to be known as the Cleveland Firemen's Relief Association. At the organization sixty members of the department signed the constitution and became members of the association. James Hill was elected president; Edward Lindsay, treasurer, and Samuel Brown, secretary. By section seven of article four of the constitution it is provided that the proper officers shall visit and attend to the wants of the sick members, and report to the president, or in his absence to the vice president, who may cause a weekly order to be drawn on the treasurer to the amount of ten dollars per week, for a period of twenty six weeks, or until recovery, provided the claimant furnishes a certificate from his attending physician, or from the surgeon of. the assooiation (if demanded by the president) to the effect that he is incapable of performing service. Section one of article six provides that the officers are authorized to grant relief to widows or children of deceased members when the finances of the association will warrant it. Section two of the same article says: "On the death of any member, the association shall appropriate a sufficient sum for burial expenses." The fund from which this payment is made is raised by fees, dues, assessments and voluntary contributions. The present officers of the association are as follows: John A. Bennett, president; Warren P. Knowles, vice president; Frank A. Mears, secretary; Charles T. Girard, treasurer. THE MASONS - 285 ST. MARY'S ORPHAN (GIRLS) ASYLUM. This benevolent institution (located on Harmon street) was founded about the year 1851, and is under the immediate charge of an order of nuns known as the Sacred Heart of St. Mary-Miss Mary Le Masson being the superior. The asylum building is a three- story brick structure with accommodations for about one hundred inmates, which is the average number provided for. Children between the ages of five and sixteen arc received, and trained in school studies and household ditties. When arrived at the proper age, they are placed in comfortable homes where asylum experience tits them to maintain themselves. ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, on Woodland avenue, is an adjunct of the Harmon Street Asylum, and is under the same management. The ages of inmates received here range from two to eight years, and being instructed and carefully reared there are, at the age of nine, transferred to St. Mary's Asylum. Both institutions, it may be observed, are supported by public donations and the-earnings of the inmates of St. Mary's. CHAPTER LVII. THE MASONS. Cleveland City Lodge—Iris Lodge—Bigelow Lodge—Concordia Lodge -Tyrian Lodge—Newburg Lodge—Forest City Lodge—West Side Lodge—Ellsworth Lodge — Woodward Lodge — Webb Chapter — Thatcher Chapter—Baker Chapter—Cleveland Council—Oriental Commandery— Holyrood Commandery—Eliadah Grand Lodge of Perfection—Bahurim Council— Princes of Jerusalem—Ariel Chapter—Al Koran Temple. CLEVELAND CITY LODGE. E charter of Cleveland City Lodge No. 15, F and A. M., was granted September 21, 1841. The first meeting was 'held September 28, 1841, when the following officers were elected: Clifford Belden, W. M.; Andrew White, S. W.; Willard Crawford, J. W.; Edmund Clark, treasurer; Erastus Smith, secretary. The persons elected to the office of Worshipful Master with their terms of service, have been as follows: Clifford Belden, 1841; Timothy Ingraham, 1842 -3 -4; W. T. Goodwin, 1845-6-8-9-53-54; H. H. Dodge, 1847; A. D. Bigelow, 1850-1; S. E. Adams, 1852; E. R. Benton, 1855-8; Peter Caul, 1856; C. Benton, 1857; C. A. Woodward, 1859-60-69-70; G. H. Adams, -1861-2-7-8-73; M. L. Rider, 1863-4-5; Joseph Bell, 1866; M. Robinson, 1871-2; William McFarland; George Hester, 1875-6-7; C. R. Butler, 1878. The present officers of the lodge are L. P. Eldridge, W. M.; D. M. Calkins, S. W.; G. H. Robinson, J. W.; C, A. Woodward, treasurer; J. C. Wagner, secretary; A. Ewart, S. D.; R. Noble, S. D.; T. J. Towson, tyler; M. Cleave and R. Gray, stewards; L. P. Eldridge, organist; George H. Adams, trustee. The membership numbers two hundred and thirty persons. Stated communications are held in Masonic Hall, Case block, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. IRIS LODGE. This society, No. 229, F. and A. M., was organized October 22,1852. The first officers were A. D. Bigelow, W. M.; W. M. Beaumont, S. W.; Robert Reiley, J. W. The names of the Past Masters, since the organization, have been as follows: A. D. Bigelow, E. R. Griswold, H. A. Hough, R. Creighton, H. C. Ranney, P. Thatcher, Jr., G. H. Burt, E. A. Hopkins, George W. Berry, Allan T. Brinsmade, B. D. Babcock, Robert Harding, J. M. Booth, Samuel Briggs. The following are the present officers: E. D. Page, W. M.; N. W. Chamberlain, S. W.; J. C. Heath, J. W.; Thomas Linter, S. D.; C. D. Collins, J. D.; George A. Wright, treasurer; C. H. Garstin, secretary; W. A. Lyon, tyler. This lodge is the largest in the State, having a membership of three hundred, and is gradually increasing in numbers. The meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month in Masonic Hall, Case block. BIGELOW LODGE Bigelow Lodge, No. 243, F. and A. M., was organized under a warrant or dispensation October 20, 1853, but was not granted a charter until October 17,1854. The first officers were: Gaston G. Allen, W. M.; Samuel W. Odell, S. W.; Alonzo Eldridge, J. W.; C. C. Stevens, S. D.; Stephen Buhrer, J. D.; H. L. Whitman, treasurer; A. H. Dubrey, secretary; L. W. Wollenneber, tyler. The following members have served as Worshipful Masters, with the terms of service of each: G. G. Allen, October 20, 1853, to December 24, 1856; Alonzo Eldridge, December, 1856, to December, 1857; G. G. Allen, December, 1857, to December, 1858; Stephen Buhrer, 1858 to 1859; Gaston G. Allen, 1859 to 1860; A. V. Cannon, 1860 to 1861; Gaston G. Allen, 1861 to 1863; Stephen F. Langell, 1863 to 1864; Gaston G. Allen, 1864 to 1865; L. D. Hudson, 1865 to 1866; F. W. Pelton, 1866 to 1867; Joseph H. Johnson, 1867 to 1868; Win. H. Radcliff, 1868 to 1869; William Lawtey, 1869 to 1870; P. T. Hasbrouck, 18-70 to 1871; H. F. Percival, 1871 to 1872; Thomas Connors, 1872 to 1873; Robert Simpson, 1873 to 1874; R. W. Johnson, 1874 to 1875; Charles Luck, 1875 to 1876; C. G. Guilford, 1876 to 1877; S. F. Langell, 1877 to 1878; B. Saunders, December, 1878, to December, 1879. The present officers of the lodge are Benjamin Saunders, W. M.; J. F. Armstrong, S. W.; J. Carlisle, J. W.; R. L. Willard, treasurer; H. E. Chubb, secretary; Thomas Allen, S. D.; Judson Pratt, J. D.; William Caldwell, tyler. This lodge has a membership of two hundred and two. Stated communications are held in Masonic 286 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. hall, Franklin avenue, the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. CONCORDIA LODGE. Concordia Lodge, No. 345, F. and A. M., (German) was organized October 21, 1863, but did not receive a charter until 1864. On October 18, 1864, the lodge was regularly orga nized under their charter, and the following persons elected to their respective offices: Joseph Singer, W. M.; C. P. Born, S. W.; C. A. Muerman, J. W.; E. Hessenmueller, treasurer; William Buerger, secretary; William Schmidt, S. D.; A. Eckerman, J. 1).; Charles Mueller, tyler. Since the organization the Worshipful Masters have been as follows: Joseph Singer, 1864-5; William Schmidt, 1866; Hessenmueller, 1867-8-9; C. A. Muerman, 1870-1; Charles Leypoldt, 1872-3-4; E. Hessenmueller, 1875; Joseph Bittel, 1876-7; H. F. Leypoldt, 1878. The officers for 1879 are as follows: H. F. Leypoldt, W. M.; C. A. Knecht, S. W.; G. A. Schlatterbeck, J. W.; F. Kemmer, treasurer; William Wagner, secretary; M. Bertsch, S. D.; A. Meinicke, J. D.; Charles Heller, tyler. This lodge numbers one hundred and two members, and meets semi-monthly on the first and third Fridays in Masonic hall, Case block. TYRIAN LODGE. Tyrian Lodge, No. 370, was organized July 11, 1866, with the following charter members: E. A. Hopkins, G. N. Crittenden, Geo. H. Vilas, Eli Ely, M. L. Rider, J. B. Parsons, G. L. Childs, D. E. Wright and W. H. Huntington. The members now number ninety, and the officers for 1879 are H. R. Leonard, M.M.; W. J. Akers, S.W. ;H. D. Robison, J. W.; J. B. Parsons, treasurer; George L. Childs, secretary; James Hossack, S. D.; J.D.; C. E. Burke, tyler; Rev. John Wesley Brown, chaplain; Charles C. Bolton and William G. Alcott, stewards; George W. Short, marshal; and Charles W. Rice, organist. Stated communications are held in Masonic Mill, on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. NEWBURG LODGE. This society (No. 379, F. & A.M.), was organized in October, 1866. The charter was obtained October 16, 1867, with the following charter members: W. R. Seager, W. M.; H. Tone, S.W.; J. H. Brown, J. W.; M. R. Hughes, secretary. The succession of Worshipful Masters has been as follows: W. R. Seager, 1869; A. D. Kent, 1870-71-73-75; T. L. Dwyer, 1872; W. L. Lord, 1874; H. Botton, 1876; C. H. Palmer, 1877-8. The present membership numbers one hundred and twenty. The officers for 1879 are as follows: M. I. Richards, W.M.; F. W. Cochran, S.W.; W. A. Affleck, J.W.; J. B. Corlett, treasurer; A. D. Kent, secretary; A. Barber, S.D.; F. K. Reede, J.D.; John Nesbit, tyler. The lodge meets the first and third Fridays in each month, in Bank Building, Eighteenth Ward. FOREST CITY LODGE. Forest City Lodge No. 388, F. and A. M., was organized in March, 1867. Down to that time there was only one Masonic Lodge on the West side of the river, viz., Bigelow, which was working what is known as the " Old Work " instead of that adopted and recognized by the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and known as the "Uniform Work." A desire on the part of a number of Masons, then residents of the West Side, to organize a lodge which should adopt and use the new work, led to the drafting and circulating of a petition, which was signed by the following named brothers: Elisha T. Ellsworth, L. C. Matthews, P. A. Searles, Abner Royce, Henry Richardson, Thomas Ligget, George Presley, George E. Hartwell, Henry Fish, Lorenzo Warner, Stephen D. Phelps, Robert Wallace, Alfred Bolton, T. P. Wilson, George H. Safford. They met in the old Masonic hall on Franklin avenue, near the circle, where the name the lodge now bears was duly adopted. The then Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ohio, Thomas Sparrow, granted a dispensation dated March 28, 1867, and appointed Elisha T. Ellsworth, who was a Pas Master of Meridian Sun Lodge, of West Richfield, Ohio, to be the first Worshipful Master of Forest City Lodge. Major Henry Richardson was appointed senior warden, and Robert Wallace junior warden. The following were chosen to the offices appended to their respective names at a communication held in the old Bigelow lodge room March 30, 1867: George Presley, treasurer; Abner Royce, secretary; George E. Hartwell, senior deacon; Thomas Ligget, junior deacon, and S. D. Phelps, tyler. At the same time a code of by-laws was adopted, which completed the organization of Forest City Lodge under its first officers authorized by dispensation, and until the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 15, 1867, when a charter was granted. At the stated communication held in December of that year, Elisha T. Ellsworth was elected and installed the first Worshipful Master under the charter. He was a most earnest mason and a wise leader, to whom the fraternity in general is greatly indebted, and to whom Forest City Lodge in particular owes a great part of its success. The following is a complete list of the Past Masters of the Lodge: E. T. Ellsworth, under dispensation, from March 28, 1867, to December 9, 1867; E. T. Ellsworth, elected December 9, 1867; George E. Hartwell, December 14, 1868; S. D. Phelps, December 13, 1869; Abner Royce, December 12, 1870; George A. Bemis, December 11, 1871; Frank Brewster, December 9, 1872; E. T. Ellsworth, re-elected December 13, 1873; E. T. Ellsworth, re-elected December 16, 1874; E. J. Blandin, December 15, 1875; L. C. Matthews, December 20, 1876; L. A. Willson, December 19, 1877; THE MASONS - 287 W. T. Robbins, December 18, 1878. Present number of members sixty-five. Stated communications held in Masonio Hall, Case block, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. The following are the present officers: W. T. Robbins, W. M.; David Morison, S. W.; S. S. West, J. W.; Frank Brewster, treasurer; Ed. B. Bauder, secretary; M. J. Lawrence, S. D.; B. Dettlebach, J. D.; Rev. A. R. Palmer, chaplain; J. E. Bryan, W. C. Fair, stewards; M. Buchmann, tyler. WEST SIDE LODGE. West Side Lodge No. 498 was organized under dispensation December 28, 1874, and under charter November 8,1875, with forty-two charter members, including the following officers: F. W. Pelton, W. M.; E. R. Goodrich, S.W.; S. J. Lewis, J.W.; S. C. Lewis, treasurer; Frank Wright, secretary; Geo. H. Willis, S.D.; Geo. W. Wines, J.D.; M. P. McGregor, steward; Michael App, steward; Edward Lindsley, tyler. Stated meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, in Probeck's Hall, West Side. The officers for 1879 were M. P. McGregor, W.M.; M. F. Ellis, S.W.; L. W. Day, J.W.; Geo. W. Glines, treasurer; Frank Wright, secretary; Thos. Ligget, S.D.; C. H. Morgan, J.D.; L. T. Dennison, tyler. ELLSWORTH LODGE. Ellsworth Lodge No. 505 was organized in 1865, and has now a membership of sixty. The lodge meets at its hall in Miller's Block, South Side, on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The officers for 1879 were C. J. Forbes, W.M.; J. H. Nixon, S. W.; Win. Cullen, J.W.; J. C. Hemmeter, treasurer; Wm. Norsworthy, secretary; Daniel Postance, S.D.; G. L. Pierce, J.D.; W. W. Hathaway and John Norsworthy, stewards; Chas. Bierer, marshal; W. A. Lathrop, tyler. WOODWARD LODGE. Woodward Lodge No. 508, F. and A. M., was organized under dispensation March 4,1875, but did not receive a charter until October following. The first officers were: George A. Bemis, W. M.; C. II. Ostrander, S. W.; I high Buckley, J. W.; E. M. Avery, S. D.; W. A. Neff, J. D.; A. H. Stone, treasurer; W. J. Bradshaw, secretary; G. B. Hendershot, tyler. The persons elected to the position of Worshipful Master since organization have been as follows: G. A. Bennis, 1875; Hugh Buckley, 1876; O. F. Gibbs, 1877. All officers are elected annually. Stated communications are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at No. 1938 Euclid avenue. This lodge numbers at present fifty-nine members. The present officers are: George A. Bemis, W. M.; II. P. Atwood, S. W.; II. C. White, J. W.; A. II. Stone, treasurer; W. J. Bradshaw, secretary; L. B. Snow, S. D.; H. C. Ferris, J. D.; Z. R. Cornwall and M. B. Gary, stewards; G. B. Hendershot, tyler. WEBB CHAPTER: The organization of Webb Chapter No. 14, Royal Arch Masons, dates from the 18th of January, 1826, A. Inv. 2356, when a petition was presented to the State Grand Chapter for a dispensation. This being granted, Reuben Smith was appointed high priest; Comp. J. Hubbell, K; Comp. Matthew Williams, scribe. The first regular meeting under this warrant was held February 16,1826, at Comp. D. McIntosh's Hall, when six brethren were advanced to the degree of mark master. On the 21st of February the M. E. H. P. appointed Comp. M. Oviatt, secretary. At the meeting held December 12, 1826, the chapter elected the following officers. R. Smith, H. P; M. Oviatt, K.; A. Abel, S. On January 8, 1828, the chapter finally succumbed to the anti-masonic excitement and was not revived until January 22, 1842, when it was again opened under the authority of a dispensation appointing A. D. Smith, H. P.; T. A. Ingraham, K.; S. F. Clary, S. The succession of High Priests has been Reuben Smith, 1826, temporary appointee, afterwards at annual election in December was elected for one year; J. Sizer, 1827; A. D. Smith, 1842, under appointment January 22, 1842; T. A. Ingraham elected October 27, 1842, to serve until December following. S. F. Clary, 1843 to 1852; H. C. Kingsley, 1852; R. P. Spaulding, 1853; E. R. Griswold, 1854; R. Creighton, 1855; O. A. Bough, 1856; Peter Thatcher, 1857 —8; A. C. McNairy, 1859-60-1-2; Charles A. Woodward, 1863-4-5-6-7; E. A. Hopkins, 1868; George H. Adams, 1869-70; E. B. Chamberlain, 1871; C. A. Woodward, 1872-3; G. W. Berry, 1874-5; W. B. Hillman, 1876; George A Wright, 1877-8-9. The present officers are George A. Wright, M. E. H. P.; James R. Goldson, E. K.; Charles R. Butler, E. S.; William Wilkshire, C. H.; L. A. Willson, P. S.; Thomas Larter, R. A. C.; M. J. Lawrence, G. M. 3d V.; John H. Asplin, G. M. 2d V.; C. D. Collins, G. M. 1st V.; C. E. Stanley, treasurer; Sam. Briggs, secretary; Wm. A. Lyon, guard. Present number of members three hundred and fifty. Stated convocations are held in Masonic Hall, Case block, on the first and third Thursdays of each month. THATCHER CHAPTER. Thatcher Chapter, No. 101, of Royal Arch Masons, working under authority of a warrant or dispensation granted by the Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, was organized April 25, 1867, having twenty-two charter members. The first officers were as follows: Peter Thatcher, M. E. H. P.; E. T. Ellsworth, E. K.; F. W. Pelton, E. S. The succession of M. E. H. P., from organization, is as follows: Peter Thatcher, 1867; E. T. Ellsworth, 288 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. 1868-9; F. W. PeIton, 1870; J. E. Robinson, 1871; S. F. Langell, 1872; H. F. Percival, 1873; J. M. Thorpe, 1874; George A. Bemis, 1875; W. H. Radcliff, 1876; C. H. Ostrander, 1877; E. R. Goodrich, 1878; G. G. Allen, 1879. Stated convocations are held in Masonic Hall, Franklin avenue, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. The Chapter has at present two hundred and seven. members. The present officers are G. G. Allen, M. E. H. P.; M. P. McGregor, E. K.; L. T. Dennison, E. S.; M. App, C. II.; F. McNess, P.S.; T. Liggett, R. A. C.; J. C. Weidman, treasurer; J. H. Snow,- secretary; C. G. Williams; G. M. 3d V.; T. S. Ingraham, G. M. 2d V.; A. Andrews, G. M. 1st V.; W. Caldwell, guard. BAKER CHAPTER. Baker Chapter No. 139, R. A. M., was organized January 1, 1875, with ten charter members. Stated convocations are held in Masonic Hall on Broadway, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The lodge has now a membership of sixty, and is in a flourishing condition. The officers for 1879 were C. P. Jewett, M. E. H. P:; E. I. Freeman, E. K.; J. D. Runals, E. S.; G. E. Dunbar, C. H.; C. L. Heath, P. S.; J. B. Corlett, R. A. C.; Frank Clermond, G. M. 3rd V.; Elias Shepard, G. M. 2nd V.; W. H. Lamprocht, O. M. 1st V.; G. G. Hickox, treasurer; H. P. Brown, secretary; A. J. Wells, guard. CLEVELAND COUNCIL. Cleveland Council No. 36, R. and S. M., was organized January 21, 1865, with the following officers: E. A. Hopkins, T. I. M.; C. A. Woodward, D. M.; G. H. Adams, H. C. W.; Edward Bud wig, treasurer; D. E. Field, recorder; G.W. Berry, C. G. The chief presiding officers down to 1879 have been E. A. Hopkins, C. A. Woodward, 0. Hayward, G. W. Berry and G. A. Wright. The officers for 1879 are George A. Wright, T. I. M.; O. Hayward, D. M.; William Wilkshire, P. C. W.; C. A. Woodward, treasurer; C. D. Collins, recorder; L. A. Willson, C. G. The membership in August, 1879, was two hundred and three. Stated assemblies arc held in Masonic hall, Case block, on the second Tuesday of each month. ORIENTAL COMMANDERY. Oriental Commandery No. 12, Knights Templar, was organized July 25, 1851, with the following persons as the first officers: A. D. Bigelow, W. H. Beaumont, E. Kingsley, Robert Riley, Jr., H. A. Hough, Robert Riley, Sr., J. W. Milligan. The chief officers with their terms of service have been as follows: A. I). Bigelow, Eminent Commander, 1851-2-3; W. H. Beaumont, 1854; Edward R. Griswold, 1855-6-7; Richard Creighton, 1858-9-60; Albert C. McNairy, 1861; Heman Ely, 1862-3-4-5; Edgar A. Hopkins, 1866-7; Charles A. Woodward, 1868-9; Elisha T. Ellsworth, 1870-1; B. D. Babcock, 18723-4; G. H. Adams, 1875; B. D. Babcock, 1876-7; J. M. Booth, 1878. Stated assemblies are held in the asylum, Case block, on the first Monday of each month. The present membership numbers two hundred and fifty. The officers for the year 1879, are as follows: Sir C. E. Stanley, E. C.; Sir S. Sickels, Gen.; Sir J. N. Frazee, Capt. Gen.; Rev. Sir. J. J. A. Morgan, Prelate; Sir A. S. Houk, S. W.; Sir J. W. Gibbons, J. W.; Sir G. A. Wright, Treas.; Sir S. M. Stone, Rec.; Sir Geo. Sherman, standard bearer; Sir J. R. Golson; sword bearer; Sir M. D. Luehrs, warder; Sir W. A. Lyon, sentinel; Sir E. D. Page, Sir C. R. Butler, Sir Thos. Liggett, guards. HOLYROOD COMMANDERY. This Commandery (No. 32, Knights Templar) was granted a dispensation September 10, 1877, and organized January 26, 1878, working under dispensation until November 8, 1878, when the commandery was duly constituted. I ts officers are George A. Baker, eminent commander; Samuel Briggs, generalissimo; George W. Short, captain general; A. C. Miller, prelate; Charles W. Wesley, senior warden; Horace W. Hubbard, junior warden; Orville P. Skinner, treasurer; George W. Howe, recorder; Lucien Mills, standard bearer; David McClaskey, warder. ELIADAH GRAND LODGE OF PERFECTION. The Eliadah Grand Lodge of the Ancient Scottish Rite was organized May 27, 1859. The charter members were elected to the respective offices of the lodge. Those members, six in number, were as follows: Peter Thatcher, Jr., Edward R. Griswold, Albert C. McNairy, Theodore Ross, David E. Field, Richard Creighton. The succession of grand masters from the organization has been as follows: Peter Thatcher, Jr., from May 27, 1859, to February 19, 1866; E. A. Hopkins, from February 19, 1866, to January 4, 1868; C. A. Woodward, from January 4, 1868, to February 8, 1875; J. M. Booth, from February 8, 1875, to February 6, 1878; C. A. Woodward was again elected G. M., February 6, 1878. The present officers are C. A. Woodward, T:. P:. G:.M:. ; E. D. Page, D:.G:.M:. ; F. A. Morse, V:. S:. G:.W:. ; C. R. Butler, V:. J:. G:. W:. ; Rev. B. F. Brook, G:.O:. ; B. D. Babcock, G:. T:. ; S. M. Stone, G:. S:. K:. of the S:. and A:. ; Sam. Briggs, G:. M:. of C:. J. W. Gibbons, G:.C:. f the G:. ; W. H. Parker, G:. H:. B:. ; W. A. Lyon, G:.S:. The lodge has a membership of one hundred and eighty-two, and meets on the first Saturday of each month at Masonic Hall, Case building. BAHURIM COUNCIL, PRINCES OF JERUSALEM. This Council was organized June 15, 1859. The first officers of the Council were Albert C. McNairy, ODD FELLOWS AND KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - 289 S. P. G. M.: Peter Thatcher, G. II. P.: Richard Creighton, S. G. W.: David E. Field, J. G. W.; Edward E. Griswold, G. Treasurer; Theodore Ross, G. Secretary. The presiding officers of this Council with their terms of service have been as follows: Albert C. McNairy, June 15, 1859 to April 25, 1866; Edgar A. Hopkins, April 25, 1866, to January 4, 1868; Elisha T. Ellsworth, from January 4, 1868 to January 13, 1871; Brenton D. Babcock, from January 13, 1871, to January 9, 1874; George H. Burt, present incumbent, elected January 9, 1874. The present officers are as follows: George H. Burt, S:. P:. G:. M:. ; Charles A. Woodward, G:. P:. ; Edward D. Page, S:.G:.W:. ; Geo. A. Wright, J:.G:.W:.; Brenton D. Babcock, G. Treas:. ; Fred. A. Morse, G:. Sec'y:. ; Joshua M. Booth, G:.M:.C:. ; John W. Gibbons, G:.M:.E:. ; -William A. Lyon, G:.T:. The Council has a membership of one hundred and eighty-three, and holds regular meetings on the third Saturday of each month, at Masonic Hall, Case block. ARIEL CHAPTER S. P. ROSE CROIX DE H. R. D. M. Ariel Chapter was organized June 18, 1860. The first, elected officers were: Theodore Rose, M:.W:. & P:.M:. ; Peter Thatcher, Jr., P:.K:.S:.W:. ; Albert C. McNairy, P:.K:.J:.W:. ; George H. Burt, P:.K:. Sec'y:. ; Robert S. Weaver, K:.M:.C:. ; Richard Creighton, P:.K:. C:.G:. The presiding officers of the Chapter from the time of its organization have been as follows: Theodore Rose, June 18, 1860, to May 2, 1866; E. A. Hopkins, May 2, 1866 to January 4, 1868; Richard Creighton, January 4, 1868 to March 25, 1869; Sheldon Sickles, March 25, 1869, to April 10, 1873; C. A. Woodward, April 10, 1873 to May 6, 1875; B. D. Babcock, May 6, 1875, to May 30, 1878. Sam. Briggs was chosen W:. & May 30, 1878, and still holds that office. The Chapter at present shows an enrollment of one hundred and eighty-one members. The present officers are: Sam. Briggs, M:. W:. & P:.M:. ; F. A. Morse, ; A. S. Houk, P:.K:.J:.W:. ; Rev. J. W. Brown, P:.K:.O:. ; C. A. Woodward, P.: K:,Treas:. ; E. D. Baker, P:.K:.Sec'y:. ; W. W. Parker, P:.K:.Hosp:. ; Sheldon Sickles, K:.M:.C:. ; George A. Wright, P:.K:.C:.G:. Convocations are held monthly on the third Saturday at Masonic hall, Case block. AL KORAN TEMPLE. Al Koran Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, was organized in October, 1876, and has now a membership of fifty. Petitions for membership are entertained only from A:. A:. Rite Masons and Knights Templar. For 1879 the officers were Sam. Briggs, P. P., John A. Norton, Rec.; Chas. T. Wesley, treasurer. CHAPTER LVIII. ODD FELLOWS AND KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Cleveland Lodge, I. O. O. F.-Cuyahoga-Erie-Phoenix-Cataract Allernania-Anchor - University - Amazon - Banner- Mayflower- North Wing Encampment-Harmonia Encampment-Lake Shore Lodge, K. of P.-Washington-Herman-Standard-Cleveland -Owatonna-South Side-Oak-Forest City-Red Cross-Section Seventy-Eight-Section Eighty-Nine-Preux Chevalier Division. CLEVELAND LODGE. Cleveland Lodge No. 13, I. O. O. F., was granted a charter April 16, 1842, but was not regularly instituted until May 14th of the same year. This is the oldest lodge in Northern Ohio. The charter members were Gideon F. Tindall, John Forbey, J. II. Monroe, J. J. Phillips, Francis Harding, S. B. Logan, Isaac Cornell, D. A. Eddy, Albert Harris, William Cubbin, Edward Downs. The following is a list of the Noble Grands, with the years in which they held. office. From the organization until January 1, 1847, the term of office was three months; since that time it has been six months. The Noble Grands of each year are arranged in the order in which they occupied the chair: In 1842, Gideon F. Tindall, Edward Downs and S. B. Logan; 1843, Henry Morgan, Madison, Miller, Robert Johnston and George Judkins; 1844, William Bailey, Nelson Hayward, J. K. Baker and Henry Morgan; 1845, Robert Bailey, William Cubbin, David Russell and G. F. Tindall; 1846, William Smith, John Shelley, F. J. Hamilton and James F. Wilhur; 1847, W. Thompson and W. Strong; 1848, W. Strong and J. S. Andrews; 1849, E. F. Punderson and George A. Stanley; 1850, J. E. Williams and Richard Wynne; 1851, L. D. Griswold and James Chubb; 1852, George H. Adams and Justin Morrison; 1853, David Schuh and William H. Nay; 1854, Henry Frissell and George W. Berry; 1855, Charles H. Babcock and George F. Marshall; 1856, Isaac N. Pillsbury and A. C. Brainard; 1857, William H. Nay and Hamilton Stickney; 1858, R. H. Boggs and H. P. Jones; 1859, John S. Martin and J. M. Blackburn; 1860, William J. Rhodes and Thomas D. Christian; 1861, David G. Rabon and William Yapp; 1862, A. S. Allen and S. C. Hurd; 1863, William Wood and Frederick Dalton; 1864, Matthew Wilson and S. A. Haven; 1865, Henry Bowley and B. McGrath; 1866, Nathan Carnigie and J. S. Perky; 1867, F. R. Humphrey and Thomas Simmons; 1868, S. W. Rowe and John H. Richardson; 1869, Thomas J. McGarry and William P. Luse; 1870, David A. Cattell and George H. Macy; 1871, William W. Castle and Benjamin Kingsborough; 1872, C. W. Dill and Samuel Haynes; 1873, Philip Megerth and Thomas Rowell; 1874, J. H. Deckand and G. L. Benton; 1875, J. J. Farwell and James A. Robinson; 1876, J. J. Quay and S. II. Johnson; 1877, C. E. Page and W. C. Fisk; 1878, A. C. Longacre and S. B. Corregan. The lodge has a present membership of one hundred and seventy-nine, and meets each Monday even- 290 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. ing in the Odd Fellows' Hall, No. 34 Monumental Square. The present officers of the lodge are as follows: H. Watterson, N. G.; W. H. Newton, V. G.; James A. Robinson, Rec. Sec.; G. A. Randall, Per, Sec.; W. J. Rhodes, treasurer. CUYAHOGA LODGE. Cuyahoga Lodge No. 22, I. 0. 0. F., now numbering over one hundred and fifty members, hold regular weekly meetings at No. 34 Monumental Square. The officers of the lodge are elected every six months. The present officials are O. Fraser, P. O.; E. H. Strass, N. G.; J. Collins, V. G.; F. Baylor, R. S.; H. Bolton, P. S.; J. S. Wood, treasurer; A. Inglis, W..; H. A. Heimsmith, C.; T. Kain, R. S. N. G.; George Weckerling, L. S. N. G.; J. A. Smith, R. S. V. G.; Charles Lloyd, L. S. V. G.; W. Eolohan, R. S. S.; J. P. Neil, L. S. S.; J. Wilson, T. G. ERIE LODGE. Erie Lodge No. 27, I. 0. 0. F., wa organized May 8, 1844, and has now a membership of two hundred and ten. The officers are Wm. E. Starling, N. G.; Geo. M. Kinsey, V. G.; C. P. Allen, R. S.; J. D. Anderson, P. S.; .James Hays, T. Regular meetings are held in Odd Fellows' Block, corner of Pearl and Church streets, every Friday evening. PHOENIX LODGE. Phoenix Lodge No. 233, I. 0. 0. F., was organized March 27, 1854, at which time the following persons were elected officers: G. E. Starkweather, N. G.; Charles A. Crumb, V. G.; Sanford J Lewis, permanent secretary; Charles W. Standart, recording secretary; G. B. Folsom, treasurer. These, with the addition of Charles W. Palmer and G. E. Russell, comprised the charter members of the society. Offioers are elected semi-annually in January and July of each year. The succession of presiding officers has been as follows, with the dates of election. respectively: G. E. Starkweather, 1854; C. A. Crumb, 1854; C. W. Standart, 1855; C. W. Palmer, 1855; Belden Seymour, 1856; Hiram Stone, 1856; J. H. Miller, 1857; Francis Foster, 1857; S. N. Nelson, 1858; J. W. Welsh, 1858; H. Parsons, 1859; Dan'l Stephan, 1859. S. N. Nelson, 1860; L. R. Morris, 1860; Geo. W. Turner, 1861; L. D. Twitchell, 1861; S. J. Burlison, 1862; Jas. Neville, 1862; Ambrose Anthony, 1863; J. Wylie Smith, 1863; A. T. Van Tassell, 1864; M. E. Beckwith, 1864; J. B. Shull, 1865; IV. W. Williams, 1865; Y. Maytham, 1866; J. Rigg, 1866; Wm. J. Ranney, 1867; J. M. Drake, 1867; John J. Cannon, 1868; Belden Seymour, 1868; Elias Ede, 1869; Conrad Deubel, 1869; Benj. Britton, 1870; W. W. Gould, 1870; G. L. Barber, 1871; A. Hartsell, 1871; J. M. Ribble, 1872; J. Rigg, 1872; E. J. Chubb, 1873; H. E. Chubb, 1873; A. D. Beckwith, 1874; E. K. Wilcox, 1874; M. A. Shane, 1875.; C. C. Campbell, 1875; J. W. Anthony, 1876; W. M. Redman, 1876; J. C. Skeel, 1877; H. S. Nelson, 1877; E. E. Brown, 1878; Belden Seymour, 1878-9. Phoenix Lodge dedicated its first hall August 2, 1854, on which occasion interesting addresses were made by Chas. W. Palmer and Dr. Walter Prentice, This place of meeting was in Sanford's Hall, Detroit street, West Side. The first anniversary was publicly celebrated March 27, 1855; and an address delivered by the Noble Grand, Chas. W. Palmer. Phoenix Lodge has famished two Grand Masters of the State of Ohio, Belden Seymour and E. K. Wilcox, the former of whom was also Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States. The present officers are as follows: Belden Seymour, N. G.; E. K. Wilcox, V. G.; J. C. Cannon, R. S.; H. E. Chubb, P. S.; J. Wagner, T.; S. N. Nelson, R. S. N.; A. A. Wenham, L. S. N. G.; J. Wylie Smith, R. S. V. G.; John Nelson, L. S. V. G.; R. Bacon, C.; Alex. Haddon, W.; J. H. Lockwood, R. S. S.; W. M. Crowell, L. S. S.; A. Kinney, I. C.; W. W. Williams, 0. G. The number of members enrolled and paying dimes is two hundred and fifteen. The present place of meeting is in the fine hall built and owned jointly by Phoenix and Erie Lodges, corner of Pearl and Church streets, West Side. Phoenix Lodge meets every Monday evening, CATARACT LODGE. Cataract Lodge, No. 295, I. 0. 0. F., was organized September 18, 1855. The first officers were as follows: Leander Firestone, N. G.; John Quayle, V.G.; Joseph Turney, R. S.; C. P. Jewett, P. S.; B. S. Wiggins, .T.; Clark Caley, W.; A. J. Spencer, C.; N. T. Meach, I. G.; E. Shepard, 0. G. Officers are elected semi-annually. The Lodge numbers at pre- -sent one hundred and five members, and meets Wednesday evenings at No. 2,583 Broadway. The present officers are M. K. Shoemaker, N. G.; Wm. P. Braund, V. G.; H. L. Reed, R. S.; A. J. Spencer, P. S.; F. K. Reed, T.; Daniel Kelley, W.; R. S. Corlett, C.; Jacob Kohlman, I. G.; Thos. Richardson, 0. 0.; C. A. Marble, R. S. N. G.; Eli Cannell, L. S. N. G.; Benj. Sawyer, R. S. V. G.; R. Woodley, L. S. V. G. ALLEMANIA LODGE. This Lodge, No. 370, I. O. O. F., was organized July 9, 1863, with twenty-two members. It now has a membership of one hundred and eighty-one. The officers are Frank Kysella, N. G.; Wm. Heinzman, V. G.; John Ruehle, S.; J. M. Acker, F. S.; Lewis Hausheer, T.; Theodore Schehran, P. G. The Lodge meets every Thursday evening, at No. 34, Monumental square. ANCHOR LODGE. This Lodge, No. 387, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted June 27, 1867, with the following officers: Fred. Otte, N. G.; George Schaffer, V. G.; L. Larsman, S.; I. J. Weideman, P. S.; I. B. Wilbur, T. Regu- ODD FELLOWS AND KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - 291 lar meetings are held at Wagner's block, 361 Pearl street, every Thursday evening. The term of office is six mouths. The lodge is composed of Germans and numbers fifty-eight. The present officers are Peter Rufsendor, N. G.; I. Detfs, V. G.; I. Beck, S.; I. I. Weidman, P. S.; I. C. Weidman, T. UNIVERSITY LODGE. Lodge No. 415, I. O. O. F., was organized in 1867, and has now eighty-one members. Regular meetings are held every Thursday evening at the corner of Merchant avenue and Fairfield street. The officers are J. M. Johnson, N. G.; J. G. Paddock, V. G.; M. D. Mott, P. S.; H. E. Mason, R. S.; C. A. Fish, T. DONAU LODGE. Lodge No. 475, I. O. O. F., was organized June 19, 1871. Its members number now seventy-six and its officers are Wm. Reite, N. G.; J. M. Hirt, V. G.; Joseph Schneider, R. S.; J. A. Enkler, P. S.; Henry Streiter, T. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday evening at the corner of Columbus and Vega street. AMAZON LODGE. Amazon Lodge No. 567 I.O.O.F. was instituted June 2, 1874, with the following officers: H. B. Carpenter, N.G.; L. D. Roberts, V.G.; Marcus Wickes, H. S.; Charles Bangs, P.S.; T. S. Pelton, T. The society has at present eighty-six members, and meets each Wednesday evening, at their room on the corner of Lorain and Root streets. The officers are G. P. Geib, N.G.; N. B. Kellogg, V.G.; George Cassidy, R. S.; H. G. Siphon, P. S.; M. O. Kellogg, T. BANNER LODGE. This Lodge, No. 578, I.O.O.F., was organized June 24, 1874. Its first officers were P. Waldeck, noble grand; O. L. Rider, vice grand; A. L. Somers, recording secretary; O. Slack, permanent secretary; James McMahon, treasurer. The following have been the chief officers of the society from the time of the organization, with the date of assuming office: P. Waldeck, June 24, 1874; O. L. Rider, January 1, 1875; A. L. Somers, July 1, 1875; D. O. Talcott, January 1, 1876; James McMahon, July 1, 1876; C. L. Anderson, January 1, 1877; Jesse Peet, July 1, 1877; J. A. McIntosh, January 1, 1878; E. Zehner, July 1, 1878; F. W. Lewis, January 1, 1879. The present officers are F. W. Lewis, noble grand; G. A. Herringshaw, vice grand; Alex. McBane, recording secretary; E. N. Leathers, permanent secretary; James McMahon, treasurer; A. L. Somers, Chris. A. Nauert and Jesse Peet, trustees. The society now numbers about eighty members, and meets every Thursday evening, at Rock's new block, corner of Woodland and Wilson avenues. MAYFLOWER LODGE. Mayflower Lodge No. 679, I. O. O. F., was organized June 16, 1879, and now numbers twenty-eight members, with the following officers: John E. Darby, N. G.; Thomas E. Johnson, V. G.; A. Bartholomew, secretary; Henry Graham, P. S.; P. H. Repp, T. Regular meetings are held every Monday evening at the corner of St. Clair and Phelps streets. NORTH WING ENCAMPMENT. North Wing Encampment No. 88, I. O. O. F., was organized July 30, 1862. The officers now are William E. Starling, C. P.; Henry Folliett, S. W.; G. M. Kinsey, J. W.; William H. Price, Jr., 11. 1'.; J. L. Shephard, 1st W.; A. A. Wenham, 2d W.; A. H. Weed, 3d W.; William McGehan, 4th W.; P. W. Dracket, 1st G. of T.; C. M. Hurlbert, 2d G. of T.; John Cowie, T. The membership is now one hundred and eighty; the place of meeting (every Wednesday evening) being at Odd Fellows Hall, corner of Pearl and Church streets. HARMONIA ENCAMPMENT. Harmonia Encampment, I. O. O. F., was organized May 8, 1872, with twenty-seven members, and has now twenty-nine. The officers are John Oswald, C. P.; Franz Frankie, F. S.; Daniel Maeder, T.; L. Poplowsky, II. P. Regular meetings are held at 34 Public Square, the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. LAKE SHORE LODGE (KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS). Lake Shore Lodge No. 6, K. of P., was organized May 25, 1869. Its first officers were W. H. Jones, C. C.; Thomas Axworthy, V. C.; F. W. Pelton, P.; W. J. Ranney, K. of R. and S.; H. J. Webb, M. of F.; Thomas Willows, M. of E.; Charles H. Babcock, M. at A.; F. Hoffman, I. G.; J. L. Sheppard, O. G. The lodge has at present a membership of two hundred and eleven. Regular meetings are held each 'Tuesday :evening in Root's block, Pearl street, corner of Detroit. The present officers are as follows: George Keiffer, P. C. Charles A. W. Rice, C. C.; R. D. Updegraff, V. C.; Judson Pratt, P.; O. H. P. Hicks, M. of E.; F. W. Davis, M. of F.; Charles B. Dole, K. of R. and S.; George C. Kreck, M. at A.; Fred. A. Smith, I. G.; J. L. Sheppard, O. G. WASHINGTON LODGE (K. OF P.). Washington Lodge No. 10, was organized August 8, 1869. There are now one hundred and twenty-six members, and the officers are C. J. McDowell, P. C.; E. H. Gault, C. C.; Louis Black, V. C.; Samuel Ward, P.; E. W. Cooper, K. of R. & S.; Thomas Tibbitt, M. of F.; W. B. Rich, M. of E.; E. W. Goddard, M. at A.; Louis Stanton, I. G.; M. E. Kavanagh. 0. G 292 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. Regular meetings are held every Friday evening at the corner of Ontario and High streets. HERMANN LODGE (K. OF P.). Hermann Lodge No. 40, K. of P., was organized December 11, 1871, with the following officers: Chas Saeltzer, C. C.; J. N. Wagner, V. C.; Phillip L. Baum, K. of R. and S.; Christ. Marten, M. of F.; John Gerloch, M. of E.; J. C. Weideman, M. at A.; J. Unkrich, I. G.; J. C. Ferbert, 0. G. Regular meetings are held each Tuesday evening at Castle Hall, No. 363 Pearl street. The present officers are C. V. Paeltzer, P. C.; J. C. Ferbert, C. C.; H. W. Weidemann, V. C.; A. H. Gehring, P:; John Schemermann, K. of R. and S.; J. N. Wagner, M. of F.; J. J. Weidemann, M. of E.; A. Cardis, M. at A.; F. Woodworth, I. G., George Eiber, O. G. STANDARD LODGE (K. OF P.). Standard Lodge No. 46, K. of P., was instituted June 17, 1872, with the following officers: E. W. Johns, P. C.; Thomas James, C. C.; Robert Hearst, V. C.; Wm. E. Edwards, K. of R. and S.; George Thomas, M. F.; William McKinze, M. E.; H. J. Bullock, M. A.; David Y. James, T. G.; C. Q. Scott, O. G. This Lodge has a membership of one hundred and seventeen. Regular meetings are held every Thursday night at No. 2509 Broadway. The present officers are Hugh Wright, P. C.; Frank R. Shattuck, C. C.; Matthew Wright, V. C.; James McKay, P.; Peter J. Dolsen, K. of R. and S.; John R. Coleman, M. F.; Thomas Thompson, M. E.; Joseph Hillier, M. A.; D. F. Lookhart, I. G.; Thomas Richardson, 0. G. CLEVELAND LODGE (K. OF P.). Cleveland Lodge No. 61, Knights of Pythias, was organized October 7, 1873, with sixteen charter members, from whom the following officers were elected: Martin Maurer, P. C.; A. Schwarz, C. C.; Vincent Schafer, V. C.; Fred Hamm, P.; Charles Breves, K. of It. and S.; Henry Hoehn, M. of F.; A. E. Dehler, K. of E.; Henry M. Holzworth, I. G.; Gottlieb Schenerman, O. G. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday evening at Saal's Hall, corner Lake and Ontario streets. The lodge has ninety members enrolled and in good standing. At the last grand lodge session held at Steubenville, Ohio, A. B. Schellentrager, of Cleveland lodge, was appointed and confirmed Deputy Grand Master of the State, by the State Grand Chancellor. This is the only entirely German Lodge of Knights of Pythias in Cuyahoga county. In May, 1879, the lodge formed the fifth degree of the Chivalric Order, a " Uniform Division " called " Cleveland Division, No. 8," composed of thirty-five members, under command of Maj. C. W. Kraus. The present officers are as follows: C. C. Schellentrager, P. C.; William Trinkner, C. C.; A. Schildhauer, V. C.; A. Schaefer, P.; A. Popowsky, K. of R. and S.; Ph. Hollander, M. of F.; Henry Klaus, K. of E.; Franz Eiche, M. at A.; Henry Guentzler, I. G.; Fred. Vogt, 0. G. OWATONNA LODGE (K. OF P.). Owatonna No. 62 was organized in 1873 with twenty-one charter members. It has now a membership of ninety, with the following officers: Herbert Hill, C. C.; G. O. Butler, V. C.; G. H. Wadsworth, P.; G. C. Quintrel, M. of F.; F. A. Wadsworth, M. of E.; P. Englet, M. at A.; William Henderson, P. C.; Thomas Rowell, K. of R. and S. Regular meetings are held in Rock's block, corner of Willson and Woodland avenues, every Wednesday evening. SOUTH SIDE LODGE (K. OF P.). This lodge. (No. 68) was organized in May, 1875, with twenty-four members. There are now sixty- five, with the following offioers: E. C. Stedman, C. C.; F. R. Merchant, V. C. C.; George C. Hola, P.; C. J. Robinson, K. of R. and S.; W. C. North, F. S.; George W. Makepeace, M. E. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month at the corner of Merchant avenue and Fairfield street, West Side. OAK LODGE (K. OF P.). Oak Lodge No. 77, was organized in 1875, and has now in good standing upwards of one hundred members. The officers are John Wathey, C. C.; Jacob Schug, V. C.; F. Ferval, P. C.; H. Holcomb, M. of F.; Maynard Miller, M. of E.; L. Mayer, K. R. and S.; R. T. Morrill, P. Regular meetings are held at 726 St. Clair avenue, every Wednesday evening. FOREST CITY LODGE (K. OF P.). Forest City No. 78, was organized in 1875, and has now a membership of sixty. The officers are W. S. Forrester, C. C.; W. O. Cox, V. C.; W. A. Harvey, P. C.; H. P. Gale, P.; N. L. Hibbard, K. of R. and S.; L. S. Chadwick, M. of F.; M. H. Brown, M. of E.; John Newberry, M. of A.; C. A. Kyle, I. G.; John Paul, O. G. RED CROSS LODGE (K. OF P.). This lodge (No. 89) was formed in 1876, and has now a membership of sixty. The present officers are C. C. Reeves, C. C.; J. F. Penwick, P. C.; H. S. Schue, V. C.; J. J. Weinhardt, P.; George M. Love. M. of E.; William Hemerly, M. of F.; William Spilker, K. R. and S.; George Cunningham, M. A. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday evening, at 363 Pearl street. FORESTERS, KNIGHTS OF HONOR AND CLUBS - 293 ENDOWMENT SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT (K. OF P. ) This section was instituted January 23, 1878. There are now eighty-seven members, with the following officers: C. J. McDowell, president; E. W. Cooper, secretary and treasurer; J. M. Millard, guide; G. IV. Taylor, chaplain; L. Mayer, guard; R. Strauss, sentinel. Regular meetings are held at the corner of Ontario and High streets the first and third Mondays of each month. ENDOWMENT SECTION EIGHTY-NINE (K. OF P.) Section eighty-nine was organized in 1878, and has now a membership of seventy-five. Its officers are J. C. Ross, P.; John McFerns, V. P.; C. B. Dole, S. and T.; Henry- Biddle, Cr.; Charles Mallory, G.; John Barnes, G'n.; D. A. Udell, S. Regular meetings are held at 363 Pearl street on the second Tuesday of each month. PREUX CHEVALIER DIVISION, UNIFORE RANK, (K. OF P. ) The first officers of Preux Chevalier Division (No. 3, of Ohio), Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, were Sir Knight Commander O. II. P. Hicks; Sir -Knight Lieutenant Commander E. C. Stedman; Sir Knight Recorder Charles A. W. Rice; Sir Knight Treasurer Eugene L. Closse. The present officers are Sir Knight Commander O. II. P. Hicks; Sir Knight Lieutenant Commander E. C. Stedman; Sir Knight Herald Henry W. McDole; Sir Knight Recorder Henry Biddle; Sir Knight Treasurer Thomas Boutall; Sir Knight Guard George S. 'rambling; Sir Knight Sentinel H. R. Sanborn; Sir Knight Surgeon Dr. J. F. Armstrong; Sir Knights Trustees O. H. P. Hicks, George Kieffer and E. L. Closse. The present number of members is fifty. Regular business meetings are held every third Thursday, and drill meetings every first, second and fourth Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m. The armory and hall of the division are at the corner of Pearl and Bridge streets. CUYAHOGA DIVISION, UNIFORE RANK, (K. OF P.) This division (No. 4) was organized in 1879, and has now a membership of thirty-six. The officers are, Sir Knight Commander E. H. Towson; Sir Knight Lieutenant Commander C. AV. Burgess; Sir Knight Herald E. AV. Cooper; Sir Knight Recorder C. E. Odell; Sir Knight Treasurer John Muest; Sir Knight Guard Alexander Ward; Sir Knight Sentinel George Kreck. The division drills at No. 52 Monumental Square, the second and fourth Mondays of each month. CHAPTER LIX. FORESTERS, KNIGHTS OF HONOR. AND CLUBS. Ancient Order of Foresters-Court Robin Hood-Star of the Forest-Excelsior-Little John-Ivanhoe- Standard-King of the Germans- Woodland - Union- Zaboy - Rowanoprownost - Centennial Lodge, Knights of Honor--Advance Lodge-Cleveland-Triumph-Euclid Avenue-Idaho-Economy. Miscellaneous Lodges-Excelsior Club- Union Club-Eclectic Club. Other Clubs and Societies. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. THE Cleveland United District of the Ancient Order of Foresters meets on the fourth Thursdays of April and October. The officers for 1879, are S. A. . Dillon, D. C. R.; Samuel Finch, D. S. C. R.; Robert Huntley, D. T.; F. H. Ellenberger, D. S. COURT ROBIN HOOD. This Court, No. 5552, A. O. F., was organized August 1, 1871, with the following officers: John Harris, C. R.; John Sharp, S. C. R.; Thomas Tibbitt, S.; D. W. Harrison, A. S.; Janatus Fuchs, T.; Parker Shackelton, S. W.; Elijah Lear, J. W.; John Bragg, S. B.; Robert Huntley, J. B. The Court has a membership of eighty-eight. Regular meetings are held each alternate Thursday evening, at Saal's ball, corner of Lake and Ontario streets. The present officers are William. Close, C. R.; Bernhard Lellig, S. C. R.; John Armstrong, T.; W. J. Rowe, S.; G. T. Marshall, A. S.; Theodore Wilder, S. W.; G. Glanfield, S. B.; W. EL Gillard, J. B. COURT STAR OF THE FOREST. Court Star of the Forest No: 5553, A. O. F., was organized at a preliminary meeting held July 24, 1871, although the first election did not occur until August 9th following. The first officers were Harry Kitchingham, chief ranger; Alf. E. Brewster, sub-chief ranger; Edward Spurr, secretary; Charles Medhurst, treasurer; Harry Saywell, senior woodward; William Callaway, junior woodward; C. Callaway, Jr., senior beadle; - Thomas E. Cooper, junior beadle. The chief rangers of this court with the dates of their election have been as follows: Harry Kitchingham, August 9, 1871; Joseph Stead, October 19, 1871; resigned April 24, 1872; Charles Medhurst, appointed May 1, 1872, for remainder of term; Edward Spurr, July 3, 1872; AV. Turrell, January 1, 1873; Charles Medhurst, September 24, 1873; Alf. E. Brewster, January 14, 1874; John Raines, July 8, 1874; Edward Spurr, January 14, 1875; Thomas Shute, July 14, 1875; re-elected January 12, 1876; Abraham Hardy, August 8, 1876; Edward Spurr, July 10, 1877; John Wood, January 8, 1878; resigned March 26, 1878; Charles Medhurst, March 26, 1878; C. Callaway, Jr., June 25, 1878; re-elected December 24, 1878. The present officers are C. Callaway, Jr., C. R.; G. AV. Medhurst, S. C. R.; Thomas Collings, T.; Wm. 294 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. A. Underwood, R. S.; Wm. Hodder, S. W.; W. C. Fuller, J. W.; W. Callaway, S. B.; C. R. Smith, J. B. The court now numbers sixty-two members. Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in Knights of Pythias Hall, Harvey's Block, 1928 Euclid avenue. COURT EXCELSIOR. Court Excelsior, No. 5555, (A. 0. F.), was- organized in 1871, and now has one hundred and fifteen members in good standing. Regular meetings are held on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, at No. 2501 Broadway. The officers are, Peter Buckingham, C. R.; David E. James, S. C. R.; Jeffrey Hopkins, F. S.; John Gallagher, R. S.; Benjamin Phillips,- S. W.; John Wilson, J. W.; Samuel Young, S. B.; Harvey Burt, J. B. COURT LITTLE JOHN. Court Little John No. 5699, A. 0. F., was organized March 24, 1872, with fifteen charter members, of whom the following were chosen as the first officers: Dr. Isaac Kimberling, C. R.; .George L. Pierce, S. C. It.: Charles Burk,T.; George Rowe, S.; T. E. Burnrey, S. W.; James Judd, J. W.; W. Wright, S. B.; J. Adloff, J. B.; J. Butler, R. Wetzell and J. E. Miller, trustees. The officers, except the secretary, are elected semi-annually. The secretary is elected annually. The chief rangers since the-organization have been, Isaac Kimberling and George Rowe, 1876; T. E. Hunlley and H. Turnbull, 1877; J. Oates and Samuel Bugg, 1878. The present officers of the court are C. W. Leckenby, C. R.; A. R. Burnley, S. C. R.; Charles Birk, T.; George Rowe, S.; Edward Berry, S. AV.; A. Inglis, J. W.; Eli White, S. B.; II. Lowe, J. B. This court has a present membership of ninety, and meets semi-monthly at the corner of Pearl and Freeman streets, West Side. COURT IVANHOE. This court (No. 5783), named after Scott's celebrated hero, was instituted February 17, 1873, at Koebler's Hall on Woodland avenue. The first court officers were Robert Huntley, C. R.; A. Goakes, S. C. R.; D. W. Harrison, secretary; J. Faulkner, treasurer; J. Weil, S. W.; Thos. Neat, J. W.; S. Goldsmith, S. B.; E. Martin, J. B. The following have been the chief rangers of the court since its organization: Robert Huntley, D. W. Harrison, B. Mahler, J. Faulkner, R. Goulding, F. A. Dillon, Thos. J. Morrow, Fred. Colwell, J. R. Ransom. Of the past chiefs, Robt. Huntley served two terms and the others one term each. This court has been singularly unfortunate in the loss of its members by death, but nevertheless has an accumulated fund of one thousand dollars. The members, now numbering over one hundred, are nearly all young men. Regular. meetings are held on alternate Thursday evenings, at Halle's Hall, No. 354 Ontario street. COURT STANDARD (NO. 5784). Court Standard was organized August 19, 1873, with the following as its first officers: John Biagg, C. R.; Richard Brooks, S. C. R.; Duncan McIntosh, S.; Henry James, T.; J. D. Rowland, S. W.; Richard Gray, J. W.; E. D. Poyner, S. B.; G. H. Kline, J. B. The court has a membership of one hundred and fifteen. Officers are elected semi-annually. -The following list shows the succession of Chief Rangers with their terms of service from the time of organization: J. Biagg, five months; R. Brooks, six months; J. D. Rowland, six months; T. Rowell, six months; J. N. SherWin, six months; W. McLauchlin, twelve months; J. Baines, six months; G. Wooley, six months; W. A. Ward, six months; W. Bradford, six months. The present officers of the court are B. Stokes, C. R.; J. W. Hague, S. C. R.; J. N. Sherwin, F. S.; W. H. Cleveland, R. S.; C. Baines, T.; G. Ellacott, S. W.; J. Westmark, J. W.; R. Benchell, S. B.; J. Campbell, J. B. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening in Fix's Block, No. 65 Scovill avenue. COURT PEARL OF THE RHINE. Court No. 6263, A. 0. F., was instituted September 22, 1876, with the following officers: Charles Benz, C. R.; Frank Hintermeyer, S. C. R.; Fred. Scharf, P. S.; John Spaller, F. S.; John Heimberger, T.; Frank Weitling, S. W.; George Deckand, J. \V.; Frank Kalbrunner, S. B.; Ludwig Brisky, J. B. The elections are held semi-annually. The members, seventy-five in number, are Germans and the court works in that language. The chief rangers have been as follows: Charles Benz, Frank Hintermeyer, Ludwig Kopke and Fred. Koch. The present officers are Charles Benz, C. R.; August Miller, S. C. R.; Ernst Prahst, P. S.; Henry Kobabe, F. S.; Henry Wiegert, T.; Herman Schulz, S. W.; Charles Geicht, J. W.; William Houk, S. B.; Martin Frenz, J. B. Regular meetings are held each alternate Friday evening at Miller's Block, corner of Scranton avenue and Auburn street. COURT KING OF THE GERMANS. This royally named organization (No. 6264) was formed in 1876, and now has a membership of sixty- two. The officers are Henry Fark, C. R.; Christian Bahl, S. C. R.; Henry Dauber, T.; Wm. Fleck, T. and C. S.; Rudolph Schmidt, R. S.; Esau Kopperman, S. W.; Herman Wagner, J. W. Regular meetings are held each alternate Monday at the corner of Erie and Ohio streets. COURT WOODLAND. Court No. 6286, A.O.F., was organized March 20, 1877, with the following officers: Wm. K. Smith, C. FORESTERS, KNIGHTS OF HONOR AND CLUBS - 295 R.; Henry Hamley, S.C.R.; Henry Goldsmith, S.; Hiram Hatch, A.S.; John Wooldridge, T.; Thomas Cannell, S.W.; Frank Genoa, J.W.; L. W. Sherman, S.B.; Ernst H. Heuser, J. B. Officers are elected on the first of January and July of each year. The past chief rangers are William K. Smith, Henry Hamley and Thomas Cannell. The present officers are Henry Goldsmith, C.R.; Henry Williams, S.C.R.; Robert F. Lojauke, S.; Robert J. Avard, A.S.; Samuel Glass, T.; John Hudson, S.W.; Julius Burton, J.W.; Otto Vogts, S.B.; Jacob Goodyear, J.B. Court Woodland numbers seventy-five members. Regular meetings are held each Tuesday evening, in Goldsmith's Block, No. 800 Woodland avenue. COURT UNION. This society (No. 6290), was organized December 6, 1876, with the following as first elected officers: F. E. Thompsom, C.R.; C. Winters, S.C.R.; P. McCracken, S.; John Yahraus, T.; Frank Cady, S.W.; E. Cattle, J.W.; Jos. Gregory, S.B.; L. D. Curtis, J. B. Court meetings are held each Wednesday evening, at No. 750 Broadway. Officers are eleoted semiannually. The present officers are as follows: Joseph Gregory, C.R.; Christ. Boldt, S.C.R.; L. D. Lord, S.; L. D. Curtis, A.S.; L. Rothenbergh, T.; J. A. Duncan, S.W.; Win. Roehrer, J. W.; I. L. Drucker, S.B.; George Franck, J.B. The present number of members is eighty. COURT ZABOY (BOHEMIAN). This association (No. 6348) of men from the very center of Europe was organized in 1877. Its memhership is now sixty, and its officers are Anton Peck, C. R.; Frank Mack, T.; Joseph Mallya, S.; Frank Paier, R. S.; Frank Petrae, S. W.; Frank Protiva, J. W.; Anton Weverka, S. B.; Frank Doorak, J. B. Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, at No. 1480 Forest street. COURT ROWANOPROWNOST (BOHEMIAN). Court No. 6350 was instituted October 2, 1877, with thirty members, a number which has since increased. The officers are Joseph Lenek, C. R.; Jacob Bacvar, T.; Frank Lenek, S.; John Prussek, S. B.; Frank Smesek, J. B.; James Wirthaver, R. S.; Chas. Gustav, S. W.; John Wesley, J. W. Besides the courts mentioned above there are also Sherwood Forest, No. 5786; Forest City, 6265, and Jan Hus, 6394. CENTENNIAL LODGE (KNIGHTS OF HONOR). Centennial No. 213, was organized in 1876, with ten charter members. In August, 1879, the number had increased to seventy-five. The officers are W. L. Roberts, D.; F. E. Bunney, V. D.; Jas. Shackleton, A. D.; Thos. Vickers, C.; Chas. Hanford, G.; A. R. Bunney, R.; L. D. Joy, F. R.; E. S. Austin, T.; P. D. McCuaig, G.; F. H. Roberts, S. Meetings are held every Tuesday evening at the corner of Fairfield street and Merchant avenue. ADVANCE LODGE (K. OF H.), instituted in 1876, with but ten charter members. Advance Lodge, No. 223, has now, August, 1879, attained a membership of one hundred and eight. The officers are P. L. Mills, P. D.; A. W. Gibbons, D.; Chas. White, V. D.; H. G. Brown, A. D.; E. M. Davidson, C.; Wm. Hoen, G.; C. W. Burgess, R.; H. Greer, F. R. ; Reuben Strauss, T. ; W. B. Pratt, G.; W. B. Rich, S. The lodge meets every Wednesday evening at No. 182 Ontario street. CLEVELAND LODGE (K. OF H.) Cleveland Lodge No. 938, was formed March 8, 1878, with the following officers: S. P. Mount, past dictator; W. H. King, dictator; Lewis Buffett, vice dictator; A. H. Quinn, assistant dictator; George W. Crossett, reporter; S. H. Johnson, financial reporter. The present officers are S. P. Mount, dictator; E. H. Dakin, vice dictator; J. W. Mead, assistant dictator; George W. Crossett, reporter; S. H. Johnson, financial reporter; A. II. Quinn, treasurer. The lodge has a membership of eighty persons, and meets every Thursday evening at the hall, corner Scovill avenue and Putnam street. TRIUMPH LODGE (K. OF H.) The rapid popularity of this order is shown by the number of Triumph Lodge (1248), which was organized November 13, 1878, with thirty-five charter members. The past dictators have been G. O. Spence, W. B. Scott. and John Corrigan. The membership in August, 1879, was forty-five; the officers being John Carrigan, P. D.; T. G. Newton, D.; John E. Spencer, V. D.; Robert Greenhalgh, A. D.; A. L. Beswick, R.; J. H. Treat, F. R.; W. D. Nicholson, C.; J. F. M. Cobb, G.; Jas. Brown, G'n.; G. O. Spence, T.; C. T. Manchester, S. The lodge meets in Odd Fellows' Hall, West Side. EUCLID AVENUE LODGE (K. OF H.) This association assumed organic form as No. 1263 on time 25th of November, 1878, with thirty-five members. There are now forty-one; the officers being as follows: James W. Clarke, P. D.; W. F. Walworth, D.; C. B. Hanna, V. D.; F. S. Collins, A. D.; H. II. Hamlin, R.; A. W. Fenton, F. R.; H. L. Warren, T.; C. M, Preston, C.; E. B. Rawson, G.; R. N. Denham, G'n.; Julius King, S. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 1928 Euclid avenue. IDAHO LODGE (K. OF H.) Idaho (No. 1330) was organized January 13, 1879, and has now a membership of forty. Regular meetings are held every Monday evening at the corner of Euclid and Willson avenues. The officers are L. C. 296 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. Burwell, D.; J. K. Curtis, V. D. ; E. B. Lane, A. D.; II. S. Hubbell, P. D.; W. F. Arter, R.; George F. Lines, F. R.; G. W. Bennett, T.; Chas. H. Fry, G.; Frederick Carroll, G'n.; H. W. Stager, C. ECONOMY LODGE (K. OF H.) The youngest association (No. 1514) of Knights of honor in Cleveland, of which we give a record, was organized March 31, 1879, with forty charter members. The membership is now thirty-eight, and the officers are F. K. Reid, 1).; W. E. Hoggins, V. D.; A. S. Gates, P. 1).; Frank Blakeslee, A. D.; L. F. Ball, R.; J. H. Davis, F. R.; William P. Braund, T.; Daniel Kelley, C.; H. McKenzie, G.; H. M. Patterson, G'n.; George Maskell, S. Regular meetings are held every Monday evening at 2603 Broadway. MISCELLANEOUS LODGES, ETC. In addition to the numerous secret orders which have been mentioned at some length, there are many others of multifarious character, and these consist in brief of seven lodges F. and A. M., composed of colored men; two lodges of the Rebekah Degree, I. 0. 0. F.; two colored lodges G. U. O. O. F.; one lodge of the Ruth Degree; Court Centennial No. 1 and Court Light of the West No. 2, juvenile branch A. O. F.; two sanctuaries of the Ancient Order of Shepherds; twenty-three courts of the Independent Order of Foresters; four courts of the Miriam Degree, I. O. F.; nine lodges of A. O. U. W.; three councils of the Royal Arcanum; seven tribes of the I. O. R. M.; five lodges A. O. G. F.; four lodges D. 0. H.; two lodges I. O. B. B.; three groves of Druids; five lodges K. S. H.; four lodges Free Sons of Israel; one lodge Daughters of Israel; three lodges of the Loyal. Orange Institution; two councils of the Sovereigns of Industry; seven divisions of Sons of Temperance; four lodges of Good Templars and one lodge of Temple of Honor besides a great number of trades-unions, building associations, literary societies, etc., etc. EXCELSIOR CLUB. This association, designed to promote social intercourse and mental advancement, was organized November 14, 1842, with the following officers: S. Austrian, president; A. Weiner, vice president; B. Landau, secretary; J. Sloss, treasurer; Dr. J. Horwitz, F. Strauss and Meyer Weil, directors. In 1877, the club moved from their former rooms on Ontario street to the apartments especially arranged for the members on the corner of Woodland avenue and Erie street. These rooms occupy the second and third floors of the entire building. The sucoessive presidents have been S. Austrian, A. Weiner, B. Landau, J. Sloss. The present membership numbers ninety- five. The officers are as follows: J. Sloss, president; M. M. Heller, vice president; L. Janowitz, Rec. Sec.; D. Klein, Fin. Sec.; L. Blake, treasurer; M. Weil, J. Robrheimer, I. Joseph and S. Newmark, directors. UNION CLUB. The Union Club of Cleveland was organized at a meeting held on the 25th day of September, 1872, by the following named persons: William J. Boardman, C. H. Brayton, C. B. Pettingill, Henry B. Payne, W. H. Waite, Lucien Hills, Waldemar Otis, William Bingham, Samuel L. Mather, Harvey H. Brown, G. S. Wheaton, Gustav C. E. Weber, George Westlake, Amos Townsend and George E. Armstrong. These gentlemen united in forming an incorporation organized for "physical training and education." William Bingham was elected chairman; S. L. Mather, Wm. J. Boardman, H. B. Payne, William Bingham, Amos Townsend, G. C. E. Weber, George H. Valliant, Alex. Gunn and C. B. Pettingill, directors; and Waldemar Otis, secretary; to retain office until a regular election should be held. The capital stock of the corporation was fixed at ninety thousand dollars, divided into one hundred and fifty shares of six hundred dollars each. The club purchased, at a cost of sixty thousand dollars, the property No. 417 Euclid avenue, which it now occupies. At the first election of officers in January, 1873, William Bingham was elected president; H. B. Payne, first vice president; W. J. Boardman, second vice president; C. P. Leland, secretary; Waldemar Otis, corresponding secretary; and George K Armstrong, treasurer. The successive presidents since January, 1873, with their terms of service, have been as follows: William Bingham from September 25, 1872, to January 1, 1875; H. B. Payne, 1875 and 1876; Amos Townsend, 1877 and 1878. At the annual election in January, 1879, Samuel L. Mather was elected president; Oscar A. Childs, first vice president; Marcus A. Hanna, second vice president; Samuel Briggs, secretary; C. H. Bulkley, treasurer; William Bingham, H. B. Payne, W. J. Boardman, James Barnett, J. B. Henry, W. H. Corning, W. H. McCurdy, John Todd, George W. Chapin, W. J. McKinnie, R. C. Parsons and George H. Stone, directors; R. H. Winslow, Alex. Gunn, S. 0. Griswold, literary committee; John Shelley, M. P. Stone, and Hubbard Cooke, house committee. ECLECTIC CLUB. The organization of the Eclectic Cluh was effected August 26, 1875, having five charter members, and a capital stock of five thousand dollars. This stock was divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and the arrangements are such that any person becoming a member of the club is entitled to a single share of the stock. The first officers of the club were Waldemar Otis, president; E. II. Foster, vice president; J. D. Ketchum, secretary; M. H. Dodge, treasurer. Rooms in the Arlington Block were occupied until December, 1877, at which time the directors leased the elegant building, No. 377 Euclid avenue. The entire edifice has been ornamented and furnished at an expense of about six thousand dollars. Mr. Otis held the office of president until 1879. The present membership is BOARD OF TRADE, BANKS, ETC - 297 nearly one hundred. The present officers are as follows: Thomas Walton, president; G. P. Hower, vice president; C. A. Uhl, recording secretary; F. H. Streihy, corresponding secretary; J. D. Ketchum, treasurer; W. L. Otis, Waldemar Otis, William Morgan, M. M. Hobart and Charles Gordon, directors; Thomas Walton, W. L. Otis, M. M. Hobart, house committee. The other principal clubs of the city, organized for various purposes are as follows: Central Republican Club; Jefferson Club; Cleveland Club; Cleveland Chess Club; German Casino Club; Hones' Point Hunting and Fishing Club; Owl Club; Progress Club. Besides these there are numerous social dramatic and literary societies, among the most prominent of which are the following: Cleveland Literary Union; Edgeworth Club; Iron Ward Dramatic Club; Star Turnverin; The Lethe Dramatic Club; Social Turnverin; I. U. I. F. Literary and Dramatic Club; Germania Turnverin; Cleveland Social Circle; Irish Literary and Benevolent Society; St. Anthony's Young Men's Society; St. Columbia Literary and Debating Society; St. Mary's Altar Society. CHAPTER LX. BOARD OF TRADE, BANKS, ETC. Board of Trade—Clearing House Association—National City Bank— Merchants' National Bank—Commercial National Bank—Society for Savings—First National Bank—Second National Bank—Ohio National Bank—Citizens' Saving and Loan Association—People's Saving and Loan Association—South Cleveland Banking Company. BOARD OF TRADE. The necessity for an organization of this nature was felt and discussed as early as the year 1847. A general impression has existed that an organization was effected that year; this, however, is a mistake, as the board was not formed until July, 1848. All the records of the board from the time of its organization to 1864 have been lost or destroyed, and it was only by consulting the files of city papers and taxing the recollection of persons connected with the early days of the board, that the facts regarding the organization have been obtained. From the Herald, July 8, 1848, the following extract is taken: "At a large meeting of the merchants of this city held, pursuant to a notice, at the Weddell House on Friday evening, the 7th inst., William Milford, Esq., was called to the chair, and S. S. Coe appointed secretary. After a statement from the chair of the object of the meeting, on motion of Joseph L. Weatherly: Resolved, That the merchants of this city now organize themselves into an association to be called the Board of Trade of the City of Cleveland," etc. The original members, as nearly as can be ascertained, were as follows, viz: Joseph Weatherly, W. F. Allen, Jr., Chas. W. Coe, R. 'I'. Lyon, John B.Warring, Richard Hilliard, E. M. Fitch, L. M. Hubby, J. Gillette, William Milford, Philo Chamberlain, Stephen Clary, Augustus Handy, S. S. Coe, Charles Hickox, Thomas Walton, Sheldon Pease, S. S. Stone, James Ransom, John E. Lyon, William Mittelberger, R. K. Winslow, N. C. Winslow, Arthur Hughes, Eli Morgan, Samuel A. Foote, M. B. Guyles, M. B. Scott, George Woodward, W. F. Otis, B. F. Smith, E. N. Parks, J. G. Ransom, Geo. Bradburn, O. M. Oviatt, John F. Warner. The officers then elected for the ensuing year were Joseph L. Weatherly, president; W. F. Allen, Jr., vice president; Charles W. Coe, secretary; R. T. Lyon, treasurer. Mr. Weatherly continued to act as president until 1861, and probably two years longer, but no authentic record or account of his re-election, after that time, is obtainable. The successive presidents since 1863 have been as follows: S. F. Lester, 1864; Philo Chamberlain, 1865-6; W. F. Otis, 1867; Geo. W. Gardner, 1868; R. T. Lyon, 1869; A. J. Begges, 1870; Thomas Walton, 1871; Charles Hickox, 1872; B. H. York, 1873; F. H. Morse, 1874; M. B. Clark, 1875; H. Pomerene, 1876; B. A. DeWolf, 1877; I). Martin, 1878. At a meeting of the board on the 13th of January, 1863, articles of association were adopted and the board became a body corporate under the covenants as follows: "We the undersigned, citizens of the State of Ohio, and residents of the city of Cleveland, do hereby associate ourselves together as a board of trade under the name and title of the 'Board of Trade of the City of Cleveland,' to be located and situated in the city of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, where its business is to be transacted." The objects of the association are to promote integrity and good faith, just and equitable principles of business; to discover and correct abuses; to establish and maintain uniformity in commercial usages; to acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable business statistics and information; to prevent or adjust controversies and misunderstandings which may arise between .persons engaged in trade; and generally to foster, protect and advance the commercial, mercantile and manufacturing interests of the city. The first members under the new organization were twenty in number. The present membership is about two hundred and twenty-five. Daily meetings are held at the rooms of the Board in the Atwater building on Superior street. The annual meeting for the election of officers takes place during the month of April. The present officers of the board are as follows: Daniel Martin, president; John Tod, William Edwards, George H. Ely, Thomas Kilpatrick, F. A. Sterling and S. Mann, vice presidents; Theodore Simmons, secretary and treasurer; O. G. Kent, S. M. Strong and James McCrea, committee on arbitration; James Burnett, George Short, Truman Dunham, R. P. Myers and W. II. Doan, committee on appeals; R. 298 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND: T. Lyon, B. II. York, J. R. Sprankle, C. G. Hickox and A. Weiner, committee on inspection. CLEVELAND CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION. The constitution of the Cleveland Clearing House Association was adopted and the society organized on the 28th of December, 1858. Its purposes are thus stated in the constitution. " The object of this association shall be to effect at one place, and in the most economical and safe manner, the daily exchange between the several associated banks and bankers; the maintenance of uniform rates for eastern exchange, and the regulations of what description of funds shall be paid and received in the settlement of balances." The association at the time of its formation, consisted of the following banks and bankers: Commercial Branch Bank, Merchants' Branch Bank, Bank of Commerce, City Rank, Forest City Bank, Wason, Everett & Co., H. B. & H. Wick & Co., Whitman, Standart & Co., Fayette Brown. T. P. Handy, president of the Commercial Bank, . was elected president, and W. L. Cutter, assistant cashier of Merchants' Bank, secretary of the association. T. P. Handy, Lemuel Wick, and Fayette Brown, comprised the executive committee. The settlement of balances may, under the decis ion of the association, be paid in current funds or New York drafts, at the option of the debtor bank. The following banks and bankers comprise the present membership: The First, Second, Commercial, Merchants, and Ohio National Banks, H. Wick & Co., E. B. Hale & Co., Everett, Weddell & Co. and Chamberlain, Gorham & Perkins. T. P. Handy has been president since the association was formed. Alfred Wick is the present secrementary and treasurer. NATIONAL CITY BANK. This bank sprang from the City Bank of Cleveland, which again had its origin in the Fireman's Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State, having power to transact a general banking business without issue of notes. The City Bank of Cleveland was incorporated May 17, 1845, with authority to carry on business for twenty, years. The capital stock was fixed at $150,000. Elisha Taylor, Reuben Sheldon, Stephen Whittaker, C. L. Camp, Moses Kelley, William Milford, Charles Patrick and W. T. Smith composed the board of directors; Reuben Sheldon, being elected president and T. C. Severance, cashier. In August, 1846, Mr. Sheldon resigned the presidency and was succeeded by George Mygatt, who retained the office until October 4, 1850. At that time Lemuel Wick was chosen to fill the president's chair, which he occupied until the charter expired. The bank closed its business in accordance with the charter on the 12th of February, 1865. The National City Bank of Cleveland, a virtual reorganization of the "City. Bank," was incorporated and organized February 13, 1865; with a capital stock of $200,000. Its officers were as follows: Lemuel Wick, president; John F. Whitelaw, cashier; Lemuel Wick, John F. Whitelaw, Moses Kelley, S. Ranney and S. Newmark, directors. Mr. Wick remained president until January 28, 1873, at which time he was succeeded by W. P. Southworth. The place of business, No. 115 Superior street, has been occupied by the Fireman's Insurance Company, the City Bank, and the National City Bank successively, since 1844. The present officers are W. P. Southworth, president; John F. Whitelaw, cashier; W. P. Southworth, P. H. Babcock, S. Newmark, C. S. Bissell and John F. Whitelaw, directors. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK. "The Merchants Bank of Cleveland," a branch of the State Bank of Ohio and commonly called the Merchants Branch Bank, was organized June 25, 1845, with a capital stock of $100,000, in shares of $100 each. P. M. Weddell, Prentis Dow, Harvey Rice, H. P. Weddell and S. J. Andrews composed the first board of directors. P. M. Weddell was appointed president and Prentis Dow, cashier. In June, 1846, Mr. Weddell resigned. Sherlock J. Andrews was elected his successor, and served until May, 1848, when Thomas M. Kelley was elected in his place. The Merchants Bank closed its business at the expiration of its charter in February, 1865. The last officers were T. P. Handy, president; and W. L. Cutter, cashier. "The Merchants National Bank of Cleveland," the successor of the Merchants Branch Bank, was formed December 27, 1864, but did not commence business until February 7, 1865, after the operations of the Branch Bank had ceased. The first board of directors was composed of Thomas M. Kelley, T. P. Handy, Melancthon Barnett, William Collins, James F. Clark, Samuel L. Mather and William Bingham. T. P. Handy was chosen president, and W. L. Cutter, cashier. The capital stock declared by the certificate of association was $500,000, in five thousand shares, of $100 each. This stock was afterward changed as follows: July, 1867, it was increased to $600,000, and in November, 1872, to $1,200,000, with the privilege of a further increase to $2,000,000. In October, 1878, it was reduced to $800,000, upon which amount the bank has since operated. In 1865 this bank was made the United States depository for the receipt of public moneys, and has remained so ever since. The building occupied by the bank on the corner of Superior and Bank streets, was purchased, in 1865, from the old company at a cost of about $35,000. T. P. Handy has been president since the incorporation of the bank. The present officials are T. P. Handy, president; E. R. Perkins, cashier; P. C. Johnson, assistant cashier; T. P. Handy, Melancthon BOARD OF TRADE, BANKS, ETC - 299 Barnett, William Bingham, Samuel L. Mather, Oscar A. Childs, George W. Gardner and E. R. Perkins, directors. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. The old Commercial Bank was organized in September, 1845, as a branch of the State Bank of Ohio, with a capital stock of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This stock was divided into fifteen hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, and taken as follows: William Neil, two hundred; John M. Woolsey, two hundred; William A. Otis, three hundred; N. C. Winslow, fifty; J. Gillett, fifty; Charles Hickox, fifty; Henry Church, fifty; T. P. Handy, six hundred. William A. Otis, John M. Woolsey, Jonathan Gillett, N. C. Winslow and T. P. Handy composed the board of directors. William A. Otis was chosen president and T. P. Handy cashier. The capital stock was increased as follows: October 26, 1847, $12,500; May 30, 1848, $6,200; August 29, 1848, $6,300, making a total of $175,000, at which it remained until the bank closed its affairs. The corporation commenced business November 25, 1845, in a building on Superior street, now occupied by Chamberlain, Gorham and Perkins: On the 23d of November, 1858, William A. Otis resigned the position of president, and T. P. Handy was chosen in his place. Dan P. Eells was elected cashier in place of Mr. Handy. In January, 1862, William A. Otis was again made president, and retained that position until the close of the bank. In January, 1865, the charter having expired, the liabilities were paid, the assets were divided, and the business of the bank was brought to an end. On the 1st of March, 1865, its successor, the Commercial National Bank of Cleveland, was organized, with a capital stock of six hundred thousand dollars in shares of one.hundred dollars each. The incorporators were William A. Otis, Amasa Stone, Jr., Levi Benedict, William J. Boardman, Dudley Baldwin and Dan P. Eells. These also comprised the board of directors. William A. Otis was elected president, and Dan P. Eells cashier. The business of the bank was transacted in the old Atwater block at the foot of Superior street, until the completion of the new building in 1869, on the corner of Superior and Bank streets. The building was erected by the Commercial and Second National Bank societies jointly, at a cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of two vaults, which cost fifteen thousand dollars each. On the 30th of January, 1869, the capital stock was increased $200,000; on the 6th of May, 1872, $200,000, and on the 6th of May, 1873, $250,000, making a total capital stock of $1,250,000. Mr. Otis continued president until his death, May 11, 1868. Dan P. Eells was then chosen president and Augustus S. Gorham cashier. The accumulated surplus since 1869 amounts to one hundred and sixty- five thousand dollars. The affairs of the bank are in an exceedingly prosperous condition, semi-annual dividends having been paid, without exception, since the organization. The present officers are Dan P. Eells, president; Amasa Stone, vice president; Joseph Colwell, cashier; David Z. Morton, assistant cashier; Dan P. Eells, Amasa Stone, William J. Boardman, Charles A. Otis, Fayette Brown and E. I. Baldwin, directors. SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS. The Society for Savings owes its origin to the benevolence of some of the citizens of Cleveland who were associated in business in the fall and winter of 1848-9. The suggestion first came from Charles J. Woolson, seconded by W. A. Otis and other prominent citizens. S. H. Mather was requested to take the necessary steps to procure a charter. The act of incorporation was passed by the legislature in March, 1849, and the society organized in June following. The original corporators were W. A. Otis, II. W. Clark, L. Handerson, J. Lyman, M. L. Hewitt, N. Brainard, Ralph Cowles, J. H. Gorham, A. Seymour, D. A. Shepard, James Gardner, J. A. Hai ris, J. II. Bingham, J. A. Briggs, S. H. Mather, J. A. Foot and C. J. Woolson. The original charter was limited to thirty years; by subsequent legislation it has been extended indefinitely. The presidents of the society have been as follows: John W. Allen, F. W. Bingham, W. A. Otis, S. J. Andrews, W. A. Otis and S. Williamson, the present incumbent. S. H. Mather was first elected secretary, and J. F. Taintor treasurer. At the end of about two years Mr. Taintor withdrew. Mr. S. H. Mather was then elected treasurer, and has held the offrce to the present time. The society commenced business August, 1849, in the office No. 4, Bank street, (now the president's room of the Merchant's Bank). In the fall of 1856 the society removed to Bank street, and in November, 1867, to its new building on the Park. At the commencement, the business of the society was small. Its operations were not very well understood, nor was it justly appreciated. At the end of three years the deposits were less than $100,000, and at the end of ten years had only amounted to a little over $300,000. At that time the society may be considered as having fully established its reputation for safety and honorable dealing, and the deposits began to increase rapidly, so that they now amount to nearly $8,000,000. The present officials are as follows: S. Williamson, president; W. P. Southworth, W. T. Smith, G. A. Stanley, vice presidents; James Barnett, O. A. Brooks, S. C. Brooks, G. W. Calkins, G. C. Dodge, E. S. Flint, H. R Hatch, R, R. Herrick, T. H. Lamson, C. Hickox, J. F. Holloway, S. H. Mather, E. P. Morgan, R. P. Myers, N. P. Payne, J. Perkins, L. Prentiss, W. H. Price, H. S. Whittlesey, D. A. Shepard, H. Chisholm, A. Hills, C. A. Otis, M. C. Younglove, trustees; S. H. Mather, secretary and treasurer.